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121 " you’d scare the shit out of me, so don’t feel the need to prove it. But no matter how scared I am, I’m not backing down on this. "
― James S.A. Corey , Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
122 " Becca found something, and it is sufficiently weird to make my balls creep up. We’re getting the hell out of here. "
123 " Maybe he should have rallied, risen to the occasion like the rest of them. The truth was the thought made him tired. Shaddid "
124 " the idea of trying to reconnect to humanity again filled him with the presentiment of exhaustion. "
125 " They had no idea what it does, but they slapped their label on it like they’d made it. They found an alien weapon, and all they could think to do was brand it.” “There’s "
126 " What kind of half-assed apocalypse are they running down there? "
127 " I told you so could be an important message, but the burden of innocent death, of the chaos of a failing civilization might also be too much for one man to carry. Or "
128 " She was grinning like the universe had given her a kiss. "
129 " The word had a depth to it. Late. It was late. All the chances to make things right had somehow passed him. The system was at war, and no one was even sure why. Miller himself was turning fifty years old the next June. It was late. Late to start again. Late to realize how many years he’d spent running down the wrong road. "
130 " Drinking coffee was one of the activities that didn’t make the transition to microgravity well, but at half a g, it was fine. "
131 " His smile was curious and as serene as a well-fed predator. "
132 " The dog-faced, small-cocked, hypocrite bastard son of a weasel and a whore bowed and escorted his wife from the house. "
133 " The detective had been watching the video of Julie Mao's fight with her captors over and over again while they'd waited on Naomi and Amos to finish their work. It gave Holden the disquieting feeling that Miller was storing the footage in his head. Fuel for something he planned to do later. "
134 " ja minä nousivat kuolleista ja halventaa kohtalo pakottaa minut ja siskoni… "
135 " Naomi shrugged with her hands, then started pulling her hair behind her head and tying it up with a red elastic band. "
136 " Amos will be murdered by space hookers, but at least he’ll die the way he lived. "
137 " He had to restrain himself from stroking the stainless steel cover while it made gentle percolating noises. "
138 " Stars are better off without us,” he said, but too softly for anyone but Julie to hear. "
139 " back when they were young and, if not hopeful, at least more joyful in their fatalism. "
140 " It was late. Late to start again. Late to realize how many years he’d spent running down the wrong road. "