“That seemed to be the human pattern—reach out to the unknown and then make it into the sort of thing you left in the first place. In Holden’s experience, humanity’s drive out into the universe was maybe one part hunger for adventure and exploration to two parts just wanting to get the hell away from each other.” Human NatureSolitude And CompanionshipDeserts And Cities Book:Persepolis Rising Source: Persepolis Rising
“Holden was starting to feel like they were all monkeys playing with a microwave. Push a button, a light comes on inside, so it’s a light. Push a different button and stick your hand inside, it burns you, so it’s a weapon. Learn to open and close the door, it’s a place to hide things. Never grasping what it actually did, and maybe not even having the framework necessary to figure it out. No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito. So here the monkeys were, poking the shiny box and making guesses about what it did.” HumanityHuman NatureMonkeysMicrowaveShinyBurrito Book:Abaddon’s Gate Source: Abaddon’s Gate
“Show a human a closed door, and no matter how many open doors she finds, she'll be haunted by what might be behind it.” Human Nature Book:Abaddon’s Gate Source: Abaddon’s Gate