That sounds like post hoc realpolitik rationalizing bullshit.
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That says more about you than about the reality of things.
Persepolis Rising (2017)
I would rather be damned as naïve than willfully ignorant.
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection (2022)
The universe owed her a little slice of luck like that.
Persepolis Rising (2017)
The most effective lies, after all, convince the liar.
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection (2022)
Pacifism only works when your enemy has a conscience.
Tiamat's Wrath (2019)
Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.
Caliban's War (2012)
After a certain point, the past becomes irrelevant.
Abaddon's Gate (2013)
Some things stayed secrets even when you told them.
Nemesis Games (2015)
Owning your mistakes meant not making them twice.
Leviathan Falls (2021)
She isn’t stupid, but she’s learning to fake it.
Cibola Burn (2014)
The intensity of your feelings isn’t evidence.
Caliban's War (2012)
If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.
Caliban's War (2012)
Caliban's War (2012)
That kind of attention changes people, and it don’t make them better.
Abaddon's Gate (2013)
Abaddon's Gate (2013)
The Mercy of Gods (2024)
“Still. Maybe some good can come out of it.”
“I admire your psychotic optimism.”
Cibola Burn (2014)
Leviathan Wakes (2011)
Nemesis Games (2015)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James S. A. Corey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.