Strange Dogs Quotes

“But that was the way time worked. Too fast when you weren't paying attention, and then slow as mud when you watched it.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“But if all the things in her books were about other places with other rules, then none of them could ever really be about her. It was like going to school one morning and finding out that math worked differently for you, so even if you got the same answers as everyone else, yours was wrong.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“The people from town and the soldiers who’d come to the surface all sitting together but apart, like words in a sentence with the spaces between them.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“All names were like that. A shorthand so people could talk about things. Laconia was only Laconia because they called it that. Before they’d come, it had been nameless. Or if not, the things that had named it were all dead now, so it didn’t matter.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“Going away from a point, there were any number of paths, and all of them were right. Going back to the point, most paths were wrong.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“She tried to imagine what it would be like going back to Earth, where everything was already known and there weren't any miracles left. It seemed sad.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“There were probably surveys of the land somewhere. Or maybe not. A decade was a long time to live somewhere, but a planet was larger than the best intentions.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“Because I hate feeling powerless, I hate being reminded that the universe is so much bigger than I am. And that I can't always protect people.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“Some deep, animal relief turned her bones to water and left her empty of everything but gratitude and wonder.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs

“Tragedy drew attention.”
― James S.A. Corey, Strange Dogs