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

> Like the roaches and the rats, ants had learned to live with their human neighbors without much trouble. When the concrete of human cities spread across the globe and half the animals on Earth were on endangered lists, no one had worried about the ants. They were doing fine, thanks, and spilled fast food was just as plentiful and delicious as dead forest animals had once been.
>
> Adapt or die.

- 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: 42
- 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/like-the-roaches

## More from this book

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

p. 316 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/thing-about-civilization.md)

> 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.

p. 223 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/in-order-to-be-heard.md)

> 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)