Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)

by James S.A. Corey

IF LIFE TRANSCENDS DEATH, THEN I WILL SEEK FOR YOU THERE. IF NOT, THEN THERE TOO.

“Just part of the donkey show.” “Dog and pony,” Holden said. Then, seeing her reaction. “The phrase is dog and pony show.” “Sure it is,” she said.

The universe was always stranger than you expected. Sometimes it was full of wonders. Sometimes full of horrors.

A bottle of whiskey and three glasses waited, a clear and unmistakable sign of bad news to come. A toast to be made, a memory to be honored, another loss to carry.

He had a way of shifting his attention so that she felt like he was actually listening, not just preparing a reply in his head and waiting for her to stop talking.

we’ve been playing not to lose. I’m going to start playing to win.”

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.

The universe is always stranger than you think.