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James S.A. Corey is an American science fiction author, best known for his co-authored 'The Expanse' series. This series includes 'Red Mars', 'Green Mars', and 'Blue Mars', which tell the story of human colonization on Mars.

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Famous James S.A. Corey Quotes

“Dead’s not good, but at least it’s simple.”

Death Simple Dying Simplicity

Book:Cibola Burn

Source: Cibola Burn

“The grass is always greener on the other side of personal extinction.”

Death Optimism Grass Personal Extinction

Book:Drive

Source: Drive

“Or was that fatalism another good move in design space? Did the universe evolve eyes and wings and sense organs and bitter amusement at the prospect of death all the same way?”

Death Universe Design Wings Eyes Organs Amusement Fatalism

Book:Cibola Burn

Source: Cibola Burn

“A few generations living and dying without a sky, and enclosed spaces lost the atavistic terror of premature burial.”

Death Fear Sky Terror Space Exploration Burial Atavistic

Book:Cibola Burn

Source: Cibola Burn

“Given their current circumstances, things would have to be very bad indeed for Tilly to think the situation had gotten worse. Sure, they were all trapped in orbit around an alien space station that periodically changed the rules of physics and had killed a bunch of them, but now they’d decided to start shooting each other too. Yes, very bad.”

Death Circumstances Physics Aliens Bad Orbit

Book:Abaddon’s Gate

Source: Abaddon’s Gate

“Fred’s vacuum-rated armor protected him from the smell of viscera, but it reported it to him as a slight increase in atmospheric methane levels. The stench of death reduced to a data point.”

War Death Battle Methane Viscera Data Point

Book:The Butcher of Anderson Station

Source: The Butcher of Anderson Station

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