Troy

“Don’t let things sit for too long. It’s always tempting to just ignore the things that aren’t actually on fire just at the moment, but then you’re also committing to spend your time putting out fires.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

“The sad fact of the human species that High Consul Duarte understood so well was that you could never overcome tribalism and jingoism with an argument. Tribalism was an irrational position, and it was impossible to defeat an irrational position with a rational argument. And so, instead of presenting a logical plan for why humanity needed to give up the old national and cultural divides and become a single unified species, the high consul obeyed the old forms that everyone would understand, and went to war. Thankfully, a brief one.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

“Change should be watched, moderated, and questioned. But that conservative view shouldn’t rein in progress or put a damper on hope.”
― James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising

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