Quotes by Becky Chambers

Nobody should be alone, Sissix said. Being alone and untouched...theres no punishment worse than that. And shes done nothing wrong. Shes just different.

Thats not the same. What happened to you, to your species, its... it doesnt even compare.Why? Because its worse?She nodded.But it still compares. If you have a fractured bone, and Ive broken every bone in my body, does that make your fracture go away? Does it hurt you any less, knowing that I am in more pain?No, but thats

Feelings are relative. And at the root, theyre all the same, even if they grow from different experiences and exist on different scales.

To some Humans, the promise of a patch land was worth any effort. It was an oddly predictable sort of behavior. Humans had a long, storied history of forcing their way into places where they didnt belong.

She would never, ever understand the idea that a child, especially an infant, was of more value than an adult who had already gained all the skills needed to benefit the community. The death of potential was somehow worse than a loss of achievement and knowledge was something she had never been able to wrap her brain around.

Perhaps stars were supposed to be viewed from the ground.

Tweaking your body , its all about trying to make your physical self fit with who you are inside

All the things I’ve done to my body, I’ve done out of love.

Um, right, okay. Have you taken any courses in interspatial manipulation? Probably not, huh?”“Can’t say that I have.”“Space-time topology?”“Nope.”“Transdimensional theory?”Rosemary made an apologetic face.“Aww!” said Kizzy, clasping her hands over her heart. “You’re a physics virgin!

“We have found nothing you can sell. We have found nothing you can put to practical use. We have found no worlds that could be easily or ethically settled, were that end desired. We have satisfied nothing but curiosity, gained nothing but knowledge.”