Babylon's Ashes (Expanse, #6)

by James S.A. Corey

History, Michio believed, was a long series of surprises that seemed inevitable in retrospect.

itself was a massive n=1 study, irreproducible. It was what made it so difficult to learn from.

Some things you couldn’t talk about except with people who’d been there.

“Holden can’t find his cock with both hands unless there’s someone there to point him at it.”