Michal > Michal's Quotes

“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, Leviathan Wakes

“There was a button," Holden said. "I pushed it."
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban’s War

“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, Abaddon’s Gate

“Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“First off, get your shit together. Panic doesn’t help. It never helps. Deep breaths, figure this out, make the right moves. Fear is the mind-killer. Ha. Geek.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“He hadn’t been aware he’d felt wrong until he suddenly felt right again.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“The massive radiation exposure had failed to give him superpowers.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“This is as good as it gets. Can’t expect everyone to be on the same page. We’re still humans after all. Some percentage of us are always going to be assholes.”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“If life transcends death

Then I will seek for you there

If not, then there too”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban’s War

“I thought if you told people facts, they'd draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But we don't run on facts. We run on stories about things. About people.”
― James S.A. Corey, Babylon’s Ashes

“Nothing ever killed more people than being afraid to look like a sissy.”
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate

“Once is never. Twice is always.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“His parents had raised him to believe that sex was something you did in private not because it was embarrassing, but because it was intimate.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“In his opinion, faith was generally for people who were bad at math.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

“The mechanic had laid out two suits of their Martian-made light combat armour, a number of rifles and shotguns, and stacks of ammunition and explosives.
“What,” Holden said, “is all this?”
“You said to gear up for the drop.”
“I meant, like, underwear and toothbrushes.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“Against all evidence, I keep thinking the assholes are outliers.”
― James S.A. Corey, Babylon's Ashes

“I actually read history. It’s like reading prophecy, you know.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

“You’re a tough guy, but I’m a nightmare wrapped in the apocalypse.”
― James S.A. Corey, Gods of Risk

“There’s a dignity in consequences.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban’s War

“Do we have a plan?”
“A couple.” Jim said.
“Either of them good?”
“Oh, no. Not at all. Just different flavors of terrible.”
― James S.A. Corey, Babylon’s Ashes

“Every empire grows until its reach exceeds its grasp.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban's War

“The best scientific minds of the system were staring at the data with their jaws slack, and the reason no one was panicking yet was that no one could agree on what they should panic about.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban's War

“I still feel haunted,' she said. 'I thought it would go away. I thought if I faced it, it would all go away.'

'It doesn't go away. Ever. But you get better at it.'

'At what?'

'At being haunted,' Avasarala said.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban’s War

“I believe I learned more about the theory of knowledge from my dear omniscient master Adalbert Pösch than from any other of my teachers. None did so much to turn me into a disciple of Socrates. For it was my master who taught me not only how very little I knew but also that any wisdom to which I might ever aspire could consist only in realizing more fully the infinity of my ignorance.”
― Karl R. Popper

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
― Isaac Asimov