539 Quotes by James S.A. Corey

The concrete replaces the forest. You get in its way, you get paved over. If you can find a way to live in the cracks, you can thrive anywhere. There were always cracks.

...any government was going to have traffic laws. Before the Emperor, the Republic had enforced its edicts at the laser-sharp edge of a Jedi’s lightsaber. It was the way the universe worked.

– we’re criminals,” Baasen went on as if the other man hadn’t even spoken. “Not looking to make anything about the galaxy better except our little part. Put us in the Emperor’s palace, we’d sell all the furniture before we took off.

She felt like a world-class musician standing before a full auditorium and handed a kazoo.

When what came next didn’t matter, anybody could do anything. Nothing had consequences.

I still feel haunted,' she said. 'I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.''It doesn't go away. Ever. But you get better at it.''At what?''At being haunted,' Avasarala said.

The moral complexity of the situation had grown past his ability to process it, so he just relaxed in the warm glow of victory instead.

The mechanic had laid out two suits of their Martian-made light combat armour, a number of rifles and shotguns, and stacks of ammunition and explosives.“What,” Holden said, “is all this?”“You said to gear up for the drop.”“I meant, like, underwear and toothbrushes.

After dinner, Holden took a long, slow tour of his new ship. He opened every door, looked in every closet, turned on every panel, and read every readout. He stood in engineering next to the fusion reactor and closed his eyes, getting used to the almost subliminal vibration she made. If something ever went wrong with it, he wanted to feel it in his bones before any warning ever sounded.