“What kind of half-assed apocalypse are they running down there?” Amos said. “Give ’em a break. It’s their first.”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
“It killed humans, therefore it was a weapon. But radiation killed humans, and a medical X-ray machine wasn’t intended as a weapon. Holden was starting to feel like they were all monkeys playing with a microwave. Push a button, a light comes on inside, so it’s a light. Push a different button and stick your hand inside, it burns you, so it’s a weapon. Learn to open and close the door, it’s a place to hide things. Never grasping what it actually did, and maybe not even having the framework necessary to figure it out. No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.”
― Abaddon's Gate
― Abaddon's Gate
“Right,” Holden said. “No coffee. This is a terrible, terrible planet.”
― Cibola Burn
― Cibola Burn
“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“You can tell you’ve found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.”
― Nemesis Games
― Nemesis Games
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