Quotes from Nemesis Games — James S. A. Corey
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You can tell you’ve found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.
The only right you have with anyone in life is the right to walk away.
He wasn’t a man who reined in his curiosity well.
Realizing you’ve got shit on your fingers is the first step toward washing your hands.
That sounds like post hoc realpolitik rationalizing bullshit.
Some things stayed secrets even when you told them.
You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you’ve got is stories.
She wanted to care, but she didn’t. She didn’t have time.
“You are a special flower.”
“Well, sure. Just not used to anybody appreciating it.”
“You look old, Fred.”
“I feel old. But it’s better than the alternative.”
Just once I’d like to be rewarded for my optimistic view of humanity.
“You think we’re going to die?”
“Yup.”
“Of this?”
“Maybe.”
Things changed, and they didn’t change back. But sometimes they got better.
Naomi couldn’t tell if she was more astounded by how much things had changed or how little.
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