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Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) QUOTES

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) QUOTES

1 " I actually read history. It’s like reading prophecy, you know. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

2 " In his opinion, faith was generally for people who were bad at math. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

3 " 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 Expanse, #7)

4 " 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 (The Expanse, #7)

5 " It'd be a better world if there was always at least one right answer instead of a bucket of fucked." -Chrisjen Avasarala "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

6 " 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 "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

7 " Because we’re human, and humans are mean, independent monkeys that reached their greatness by killing every other species of hominid that looked at us funny. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

8 " Your empire’s hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins and what parts of it don’t count. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

9 " It’s not I don’t trust, it’s that I don’t trust blind. People are people. Fucked up like we all are, it amazes me when we can even make a sandwich. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

10 " Every great nation, they said, was founded on a knife and a lie. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

11 " It seemed to her that the real sign you were getting old was when you stopped needing to prove you weren’t getting old. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

12 " The door to the primary power junction was reinforced. A red border was painted around the frame, with warnings in half a dozen languages that all meant Please be careful. There’s a lot of things in here that we’ll have to fix after they finish killing you. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

13 " The deep human instinct to come together in crisis. To take care of each other. In its best light, it was what made humanity human. But he also had the dark suspicion that it was a kind of bargaining. Look, universe, see how kind and gentle and nice I am? Don’t let the hammer fall on me. Even if it was only grief and fear, he’d take it. Anything that helped them all treat each other well. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

14 " I’ve always rejected the great-man idea. The belief that human history was formed by singular individuals instead of broad social forces? Romantic, but …” He waved a hand vaguely, like he was stirring fog. “Demographic trends. Economic cycles. Technological progress. All much more powerful predictors than any one person. And yet here I am. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

15 " Your empire's hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins, and what parts of it count. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

16 " We have expended two-thirds of our rail-gun ammunition,” the weapons tech announced. “Shall I maintain fire?” “Yes,” Drummer said. “Then start putting chairs in the launcher. We hit that thing until we’re down to pillows and beer. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

17 " I’m all for forgiveness and bygones being bygones, but it’s easier to stomach that after the assholes are all dead. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

18 " Been brooding the whole time?” she asked. “Some of it, yeah.” “Did it help?” “Nope.” “Right. Spring into action, then?” He nodded at the amber door alarm. “Not yet.” She glanced down. The override light flickered in her eyes like a candle flame. “Huh. All right. Brush teeth, pee, and spring into action?” “That’ll work,” he agreed, and hauled himself up out of the bed. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

19 " You train dogs by rewarding them. Punishment doesn’t actually work. "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

20 " Ouch. Fuck.” “What’s that, Chief?” Alex asked. “Nothing. Just went a hundred kph when twenty would have done, "

― James S.A. Corey , Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)