The truth was her version wasn’t any more or less a fantasy than his. No one would know for sure until everyone knew for sure. - James S. A. Corey

She’d ended with I’ll do whatever I can, but you might have to make do with being avenged.

Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn’t pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook.

I think some important scientific questions have finally been answered. Alien life exists, and they are assholes.