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“Miller,” Holden said without looking. “Hey kid.” “We need to talk,” Holden finished for him. “That’s less funny the more you do it,” the detective said, his hands in his pockets.  – Cibola Burn, Ch. 14: Holden

reception for a cannabis company, admin for SickKids, and a polysomnographic technician 

You're like Peter Pan, she says. When a child died, Peter Pan would fall halfway with them. So they wouldn't be scared. Weird. And that's a kid's story? Anyway, it's not me, the investigator says, smiles at her. Holds her hand. I don't go for half. —it reaches out and it reaches out and it reaches out and then it stops. -- Cibola Burn, Interlude: The Investigator

IF NOT, THEN THERE TOO. - Tiamat’s Wrath, Prologue: Holden

“Everyone’s here at once,” the dead man said. “I don’t want to talk about what happened to Julie.” - Abbadon’s Gate, Ch. 1: Holden

"Thank you," Holden finally said. "I love you guys. You know that, right?" - Caliban's War, Ch. 39: Holden

"Weighed on me," she said. "All those dead people because of what I'd done. I tried to leave. Told [Marco] I wouldn't turn him in if he just let me take you and go. So instead he took you away." "The only right you have with anyone in life is the right to walk away." – Nemesis Games, Ch. 25: Naomi