# Quote — James S. A. Corey, Nemesis Games

> But under it there was a faint, not-unpleasant odor of rotting seaweed and salt. The ocean, just outside, seeped into everything. An olfactory reminder to everyone passing through the Ellis Island of the space age that Earth was absolutely unique to the human race. The birthplace of everything. The salt water flowing in everyone’s veins first pulled from the same oceans right outside the building. The seas had been around longer than humans, had helped create them, and then when they were all dead, it’d take their water back without a thought.
>
> That, at least, wasn’t a lie.

- Author: [James S. A. Corey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey.md)
- Book: [Nemesis Games](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games.md)
- Page: 76
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey#Nemesis_Games_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/but-under-it-there

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> Thing about civilization, it’s what keeps people civil. You get rid of one, you can’t count on the other.

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> In order to be heard by the oppressing class, one must speak as a member of it. Not only the language, but the diction. The accusation of tyranny, however well-founded in fact, is dismissed unless it is delivered in the manner that power recognizes as powerful.

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> She grinned to herself. Safe. That sounded like a good plan. She should try that for a change.

p. 450 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/she-grinned-to-herself.md)