Abaddon's Gate (Expanse, #3)

by James S.A. Corey

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It’s attractive because it’s simple, it’s direct, it’s almost always available as an option. When you can’t think of a good rebuttal for your opponent’s argument, you can always punch them in the face.

She felt that politics was the second most evil thing humanity had ever invented, just after lutefisk.