She had been a pawn in Holden’s chess game. And Holden had gotten her to the last rank and promoted her to a queen. - James S. A. Corey

And now they were making music from the screams of the dying. Of the dead. The were dancing to it in the low-rent clubs. What it must be like, Miller thought, to be young and soulless. But no. That wasn’t fair. Diogo was a good kid. He was just naive. The universe would take care of that, given a little time.

As an old drill sergeant had told her, pain is the warrior’s friend. Pain reminds you that you aren’t dead yet.

It's the reward of old age," Avasarala said. "You live long enough, and you can watch everything you worked for become irrelevant.
You're not selling it," Drummer said.
Fuck you, then. Die young. See if I care.