539 Quotes by James S.A. Corey

Husband and wife seems like a less interesting and committed relationship than Holden and Naomi

I don’t kill children,” she said. “Not even when it’s the right thing to do.

...This is Detective Miller. He died when Eros hit Venus and now he's a puppet of the protomolecule." "Semi-autonomous," the alien said. "Pleased to meet you." "Likewise.

No rest for the wicked, no peace for the good.

After a few decades, you come to a place where you realize that there's really no difference between trying and not trying... If someone is ready to accept Christ, it doesn't take much effort on my part to help them. If they aren't, no amount of hectoring them does any good. So why try?

No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.

It was the security man’s nightmare scenario. In the face of death, why wouldn’t there be riots? Why wouldn’t there be killing and theft and rape? If there were no consequences – or if all the consequences were the same – then anything became possible. It was his job to expect the worst of humanity, including himself.

There are no souls, Melba thought with a touch of pity. We are bags of meat with a little electricity running through them. No ghosts, no spirits, no souls. The only thing that survives is the story people tell about you.

I've got a bunch of plumbers with rifles I could put on a shuttle." The bridge went quiet.