539 Quotes by James S.A. Corey

Humanity had come as far as it had in a haze of war, sickness, violence, and genocide. History was drenched in blood. But it also had cooperation and kindness, generosity, intermarriage. The one didn’t come without the other, and Holden had to take comfort in that. The sense that however terrible humanity’s failings were, there was still a little more in them worth admiring.

Yeah, okay. That’s just self-serving enough I believe it,” he said. “Let’s get settled in.

As soon as we get the place secure, I’ll get in touch,” Miller said. “Okay, but don’t take too long. If Thoth Station has a whorehouse left standing, I’m going to need help prying Amos out of it.

So are you conscious?” The alien robot – the skin the Miller construct was using – shrugged. It was strange how well the gesture translated. “Don’t know. Seems like I’m acing my Turing test, though.

He was in ruins, but it was okay, because he was dying.

This isn’t about good guys and bad guys,” Anna said. “Yes, we’ve picked sides now, because some of the actions they are about to take will have serious consequences for us, and we’re going to try to stop them. But what you’re doing is demonizing them, making them the enemy. The problem with that is that once we’ve stopped them and they can’t hurt us anymore, they’re still demons. Still the enemy.

We were full of righteous anger and dreams of vengeance when we got here, and a couple of blowjobs and hangovers later it’s like nothing ever happened.

Later, when you’re wishing we had this stuff, I am going to be merciless in my mockery. And then we’ll die.