The engineers groaned and shook their heads. Legal arguments were another phrase for bullshit to them. - James S. A. Corey

There was no point to the attack except spite and the kind of violence that passed for meaning in the face of despair.

Holden decided that he was okay with not feeling any remorse for them. The moral complexity of the situation had grown past his ability to process it, so he just relaxed in the warm glow of victory instead.

Her shoulders were tight. She felt like they were in the moment between throwing dice and seeing what numbers had come up. The gambler’s high. She didn’t like how much she liked it.