James S.A. Corey Quotes

• If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.

  James S.A. Corey

  Ifs

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• There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.

  James S.A. Corey

  Littles, Holden, Said

  James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.235, Hachette UK

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• No rest for the wicked, no peace for the good.

  James S.A. Corey

  Wicked

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• Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as an option. When you can't think of a good rebuttal for your opponent's argument, you can always punch them in the face.

  James S.A. Corey

  Running, Simple, Thinking

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

  James S.A. Corey

  Lines, Dots, Enough

  James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• Science had given mankind many gifts, and she valued it. But the one important thing it had taken away was the value of subjective, personal experience. That had been replaced with the idea that only measurable and testable concepts had value. But humans didn't work that way.

  James S.A. Corey

  Taken, Ideas, Important

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.88, Hachette UK

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• Stars are better off without us.

  James S.A. Corey

  Stars, Better Off

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• No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.

  James S.A. Corey

  Burritos, Frozen, Monkeys

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.154, Hachette UK

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• You're the predator right up until you're prey.

  James S.A. Corey

  Predator, Prey

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• Optimism expressed as conservation of delta V.

  James S.A. Corey

  Optimism, Conservation, Delta

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.153, Hachette UK

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• Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas.

  James S.A. Corey

  Running, Ideas, People

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.297, Hachette UK

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• The problem with living with miracles was that they made everything seem plausible.

  James S.A. Corey

  Miracle, Problem, Made

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• And ... and what is civilisation if it isn't people talking to each other over a goddamned beer?

  James S.A. Corey

  Beer, Talking, People

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• Theological anthropology is a lot simpler when humans are the only ones with souls.

  James S.A. Corey

  Soul, Anthropology, Theological

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.90, Hachette UK

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• No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.

  James S.A. Corey

  Men, Politician, Holy

  James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.89, Hachette UK

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