James S. A. Corey Quotes

Human brains needed an answer, even if they had to make up something they knew was bullshit.

The engineers groaned and shook their heads. Legal arguments were another phrase for bullshit to them.

We're the ones who followed the rules here. We came with science teams and a hard dome. We hired them to build our landing platform, and they killed us. We're the good guys here.
And the moral high ground is a lovely place," Marwick said, as if he were agreeing. "It won't stop a missile, though.

Everything was an artifact of its function. That’s what made evolution so gorgeous.

Some secrets stayed secrets because nobody knew them. Some because nobody told.

You mean you want me to make it look like you’re doing something while you figure out what to do.

Dammit," Holden said after he'd killed the connection. "You ever get the sense that the universe is out to get you?
Sometimes I get the sense that the universe is out to get you," Amos said with a grin. "It's fun to watch.

Dead’s not good, but at least it’s simple.

“At least he cares,” Elvi said. “I like him for that.”
“You like everyone,” Fayez teased. It’s your pathology.”
“You don’t like anyone.”
“That’s mine,” he said, grinning.

She was not a political creature. She felt that politics was the second most evil thing humanity had ever invented, just after lutefisk.

Well," Holden said, his voice grim, "we have a major problem. We're out of coffee.
We've still got beer," Amos said.
Yes," Holden said. "But beer is not coffee. I've put in a request with the Behemoth, but I haven't heard back, and I can't see going into the vast and unknown void without coffee.

Holden yelled in frustration. The universe kept waiting until he was thoroughly beaten, then tossing him a nibble of hope only to yank it away again.

They’d made a plan, and so far everything was more or less going the way they’d hoped. The thought left Holden increasingly terrified.

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

There’s a difference between tragedy and evil, and I am that difference.