Rebecca

“They fought and worked and devised intricate plans to buy more time. Basia had no doubt that they'd work just as hard to keep each other alive for even a few more minutes. [...] But it did seem to be a microcosm of everything in life. No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more time with a lot of hard work. [...] Maybe that was how a warrior felt, standing on ground he knew he'd never leave alive. Making the choice to fight as long and hard as he could.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“[Y[ou know what the rules are? That we stop and help. Even if she's not someone we know. Even if it was someone else's voice. That's the truth, because out here, we help each other. And if we stopped doing that because we're more important or because the rules don't apply to us anymore, I can make a decent case that we've stopped being the good guys.”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“But asteroid prospectors? Water haulers? The crews that are barely eking by? Those are who Marco's talking to, and he's right because no one else is taking them into account. Not even you. They're looking at the future, and they're seeing that no one needs them anymore. Everything they do will be easier in a gravity well, and they can't go there. We have to make some kind of future that has a place for them in it. Because unless we do, they are literally nothing to lose. It's all already gone.”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“We serve Mars because we swore an oath. If doing the right thing was the same as doing the easy thing, we wouldn't have had to swear.”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games