539 Quotes by James S.A. Corey

How much easier to turn to the old games, the old patterns, the history of warfare and conflict, deception and death. For all its horror, it was familiar. It was known. [...] Turning away was natural. Even if it was moronic and self-destructive and empty, it was natural.

My hallucinations are of the alien mind control variety.

...the only thing she and Tilly had in common was their carbon base.

Start a life in the off-world colonies! We can help!

Hang on, little tomato", he said. "We're almost there

Alex said. “This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It’s not Baltimore.” Amos’ smile was as placid as always. “Everywhere’s Baltimore.

I’ve always rejected the great-man idea. The belief that human history was formed by singular individuals instead of broad social forces? Romantic, but …

Jim, they make these things not to be fiddled with. The civilian version of this device fuses itself into a solid lump of silicon if it thinks it's being tampered with. Who knows what the military version of the fail-safe is? Drop the magnetic bottle in the reactor? Turn us into a supernova?

Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “Your dad’s kind of an asshole,” Timothy said, his expression philosophical, his voice matter-of-fact. “And he’s killed a lot more people than Holden ever did.” Tiamat's Wrath