Vlad

“Because we’re human, and humans are mean, independent monkeys that reached their greatness by killing every other species of hominid that looked at us funny.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

“Part of why I am what I am is all the bad choices my mom and dad made, and if they’d done differently, they’d still have made some mistakes somewhere along the line, and those would be part of me instead.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Growing older was a falling away of everything that didn’t matter. And a deepening appreciation of all the parts that were important enough to stay.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath

“There was no better way to seem trustworthy than to be liked by a dog, and there was no better way to convince a dog to like you than bribery.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath