James S. A. Corey Quotes

pen name of SF writing duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck

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is the joint pen name of Daniel Abraham and , American science fiction authors, screenwriters and television producers, best known for their space opera series The Expanse.

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Alternative Names: James S.A. Corey • JSAC

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But before they could go anywhere, they needed a place to go and a plan that was more fleshed out than Don’t die.

Sorry," Bobby said…"I'm pissed at you right now and it's not your fault.
What can I stop not doin' so it ain't my fault anymore?

Every revolution needed its mad bombers, apparently.

When we get out," she said. "Not if. When. We're going to need a plan. If every ship just bolts off on its own, we'll lose contact. They shouldn't know where we went, but we should. At the very least, we should have a record of who went where. This every-man-for-himself-and-God-against-all shit's romantic, but we have to plan for something past just this.

It was a lesson he’d never forgotten. That humans only have so much emotional energy. No matter how intense the situation, or how powerful the feelings, it was impossible to maintain a heightened emotional state forever. Eventually you’d just get tired and want it to end.

It had seemed like a kind of magnanimity at the time. It looked more like necessity now.

Collaboration with the dead left questions that could never be answered.

If Miller had ever been called upon to describe her, the phrase deceptive coloration would have figured in.

You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you’ve got is stories.

You can order the sun to come up if you time it right.

He still wasn’t sure whether he believed it was true, even. But right now, it needed to be, and so it was.

She was rejoicing and mourning at the same time. And also feeling the deep unease that came from the reminder that being familiar wasn’t the same as being understood.

He told himself that, but he was getting less and less persuasive. Not knowing was the worst thing. The second-worst thing as being chased by a bunch of top-of-the-line warships that really wanted to kill you.

What you’re really doing is trying to win back what you’ve lost by going all in. It’s shitty poker, and even worse as a battle strategy.

It’s the problem with politics. Your enemies are often your allies. And vice versa.