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James S.A. Corey

You’re a tough guy, but I’m a nightmare wrapped in the apocalypse.

apocalypse, nightmare, threat, tough-guy

James S.A. Corey

Or was that fatalism another good move in design space? Did the universe evolve eyes and wings and sense organs and bitter amusement at the prospect of death all the same way?

amusement, death, design, eyes, fatalism, organs, universe, wings

James S.A. Corey

I mean, yes, I did ask that. But that’s not the part that you should be caring about right now. You lied to me. Your involvement with weaponizing the Protogen project is fully exposed, and that question is like asking what color Tuesday was. It’s meaningless.

colors, exposed, lies, question, tuesday

James S.A. Corey

The moral high ground is a lovely place. It won’t stop a missile, though. It won’t alter the trajectory of a gauss round.

gauss, missile, morality, morals, realist

James S.A. Corey

By the time the Somnambulist had set her creaking bones to rest on their assigned landing pad, Holden had lost all patience with human stupidity.So, of course, it came out to meet him.

science-fiction

James S.A. Corey

If we accept the premise that we’re always wrong, it really removes the incentive to spend a lot of time trying to make good guesses because even the good guesses turn out to be wrong. So, make plausible guesses… and tell a good story.

inspirational, science-fiction, writing

James S.A. Corey

Later,” Amos said, “when you’re wishing we had this stuff, I am going to merciless in my mockery. And then we’ll die.

science-fiction

James S.A. Corey

Reputation never has very much to do with reality. I could name half a dozen paragons of virtue that are horrible, small-souled, evil people. And some of the best men I know, you’d walk out of the room if you heard their names. No one on the screen is who they are when you breathe their air.Chrisjen Avasarala

reputation, reputation-quotes, science-fiction, the-expanse

James S.A. Corey

Tilly screamed. Anna’s shocked brain only registered annoyance at the sound. Really, when had someone screaming ever solved a problem? She recognized her fixation on this irritation as her own way of avoiding the horror in front of her, but only in a distant and dreamy sort of way.

avoidance, horror, problem-solving, scream, screaming

James S.A. Corey

There’s a dignity in consequences.

consequences, dignity

James S.A. Corey

It’s herding kittens. If kittens had a lot of guns and an overdose of neo-Libertarian property theory.

guns, herding-kittens, kittens, libertarian, neo-libertarian, property

James S.A. Corey

She’d been attacked. Just after she came to the Belt. She was seeing that it didn’t happen twice.””Attacked,” Miller said, parsing the man’s tone of voice. “Raped?””I didn’t ask.

implied-sexual-violence, rape, sexual-violence, violence-against-women