Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)

by James S.A. Corey

Growing older was a falling away of everything that didn’t matter. And a deepening appreciation of all the parts that were important enough to stay.

There was no better way to seem trustworthy than to be liked by a dog, and there was no better way to convince a dog to like you than bribery.

“When everyone thinks the flood’s coming up, each little bit of normalcy is a sandbag.