Auberon (The Expanse, #8.5)

by James S.A. Corey

Better to have a good night end well than push for perfect and undo what had been achieved.

“I’m not spooked,” he said. He meant to follow it up with I’m married, but what came out was different. “I’m Laconian.”

There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who you ought to be or who you really are.