Isaac Long

“He didn’t think about raising his assault weapon; it was just there, coughing out return fire like an extension of his will.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“It was the end of civilization, the end of all that men had striven for since the beginning of time. In the space of a few days, humanity had lost its future, for the heart of any race is destroyed, and its will to survive is utterly broken, when its children are taken from it. There”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End

“There was no objection when he said: “I’m going after it.” Nor did he expect there to be; his life was now his own, to do with as he pleased. He”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

“It seemed altogether unfair and unreasonable that the sky should be so hard.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama