“I try to do the right thing, Holden. But there are times when it’s not obvious what that is.”

— Daniel Abraham

“I agree with you,” Holden said. “Right up to the part where you tell me this is one of those times.”
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 28 (p. 298)

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