James S. A. Corey Quotes

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

Never knew if you had any luck left unless you pushed it.

The beautiful thing about losing your illusions, he thought, was that you got to stop pretending.

“See, this is why I can’t ever be in command,” she said.
“Don’t like making tough calls with incomplete information?”
“More I’m not suicidally irresponsible,” she replied.

She didn’t care. Not caring was how she got through the day.

He couldn’t fix the cancer of war, couldn’t even slow down the spread, but at least he could admit it was happening.

If things got out of hand, it would mean six or seven million dead people and the end of everything Miller had ever known.
Odd that it should feel almost like relief.

It was a real book—onionskin pages bound in what might have been actual leather. Miller had seen pictures of them before; the idea of that much weight for a single megabyte of data struck him as decadent.

The enlisted guys will be okay, but the officers get the sense of humor trained out of ’em.

Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.

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

Say what you will about organized crime, at least it’s organized.

This isn't fair.
We don't deal with fair here. We deal with the law.

Can't I sue them for that?
Anyone can sue anybody at any time for anything, the lawyer said. The question is, can you win?

The Nephesh community isn't the first religious or pseudo-religious group to decide that they get to choose whether the rules apply to them. Whether crimes are really crimes if one of their faithful is involved. The Catholic Church practically made raping altar boys into a brand. The Mormon/Boy Scout pedophile cover-up isn't covered up anymore. I'll stop there only because I don't have time to name every religion in existence and the shit they swept under their rugs in the name of Protecting the Faith. It seems like every time someone sets themselves up as a moral authority, it's to help bury the fact that they are doing something immoral.