james s.a. corey

October 18, 2020 by achrilock

“I’m talking about the entire fucking concept of empire. The Brits couldn’t hold on to India or North America because why should people listen to a king who’s six thousand kilometers away?”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Caliban’s War’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/18/4297/

October 15, 2020 by achrilock

“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.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Caliban’s War’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/15/4256/

October 8, 2020 by achrilock

“Murtry’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. ‘There’s a dignity in consequences.’”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/08/4090/

October 7, 2020 by achrilock

“‘What do you call them?’ Teresa asked.
He chuckled. ‘I call them ‘the Romans.’ The great empire that rose and fell in antiquity, and left their roads behind.’”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Tiamat’s Wrath’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/07/4063/

September 25, 2020 by achrilock

“Humans kept finding ways to turn the astonishing events of the last few years mundane.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/25/3733/

September 22, 2020 by achrilock

“No one’s saying that we shouldn’t be looking for political angles too. But pacifism only works when your enemy has a conscience.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Tiamat’s Wrath’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/22/3641/

September 9, 2020 by achrilock

“If there’s something resembling a human being giving the orders on that ship, I hope it haunts him right up to the day they put him in the recycler for murder.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Leviathan Wakes’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/09/3272/

August 20, 2020 by achrilock

“So anyway, I didn’t want to go through Washington. Too many people there, and if the pumps stopped working, I didn’t want to be pedaling through knee-high sludge, right?”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Nemesis Games’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/08/20/2632/

August 19, 2020 by achrilock

“The gravity–even lighter here than on Mars or Ceres or Tycho–felt strange and pleasant, like a ship ambling on without being in a rush to get anywhere. It was almost possible to forget the tragedy still playing out a little under four hundred thousand klicks over their heads. Almost, but not quite.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Nemesis Games’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/08/19/2596/

August 17, 2020 by achrilock

“‘A bicycle?’
Amos leaned on the breakfast bar. ‘Sure. They don’t need fuel, they don’t get sick. Most of the repairs, you can handle on your own. You’re looking for post-apocalyptic transportation, bikes are the way to go.’”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Nemesis Games’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/08/17/2532/

August 11, 2020 by achrilock

“‘Rabbi Kimble,’ the moderator said, ‘we’ve had contact with an undisputed alien artifact that took over Eros Station, spent a little over a year preparing itself in the vicious pressure cooker of Venus, then launched a massive complex of structures just outside the orbit of Uranus and built a thousand-kilometer-wide ring.'”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Abaddon’s Gate’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/08/11/2321/

August 5, 2020 by achrilock

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https://achrilock.com/2020/08/05/2154/

July 28, 2020 by achrilock

“’Land of milk and honey, Cap’n,’ Amos said. ‘Peaceful as a sleeping kitten.’”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/07/28/1955/