“Holden yelled in frustration. The universe kept waiting until he was thoroughly beaten, then tossing him a nibble of hope only to yank it away again.”

—  Daniel Abraham

Source: Abaddon's Gate (2013), Chapter 50 (p. 509)

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speculative fiction writer from the United States 1969

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