It’s the basic problem with religion, be it Jesus or Vishnu or God Emp — James S. A. Corey

"If wars began with rage, they ended with exhaustion."

"Politics is the art of the possible, Captain Pa. When you play at our level, grudges cost lives."

"Time was supposed to heal all wounds. To Drummer, that was just a nice way of saying that if she waited long enough, none of the things that seemed important to her would turn out to matter. Or at least not the way she’d thought they did."

"Writing science fiction is a race between the authors imagination and the progress of science and history. Fiction is always on the losing end; the question is only how fast."

"If Miller had ever been called upon to describe her, the phrase deceptive coloration would have figured in."

"“I’m getting a medal for falling into a pressure hatch, sacrificing an arm and a leg to keep seven sailors from being trapped in a compromised part of the ship. I was unconscious at the time, but that doesn’t seem to matter. Heroism is a label most people get for doing shit they’d never do if they were really thinking about it.”"