22 Quotes by Aliette de Bodard

We study the past so that we may know the future. Why not study abroad, so that we may know ourselves?

Power is power. Those who hold it seldom remember where they came from.

Ssshhh. It's all right." And does it matter that it's not, if it gets them through the night?

Are not friends and sworn brothers as important as blood-brothers? A true friend will know your heart, and hear the roar of running waters and the distant wind over the mountains in the song of your zither, without any need for you to speak aloud.

It’s this place, this wretched place, where they never stop watching, where they never stop judging. It makes monsters out of us.

Anyway, the fire doesn't matter. There will be other fires, my love, and we will survive them all.

If love is what it takes to make her remember a girl in the midst of a fire, then how much can you trust her? How much can you trust that love?

She says--because darkness needs to be faced, needs to be denied--"You would have given me so much, in exchange for me giving up everything.

Please," Thanh says. Because Giang should be angry. Because Giang should be blaming her. Because--because anger is easier, and compassion hurts so much.