216 Quotes by Ann Leckie

What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens?

Oh and next time you feel like getting hammered, message me. That was some damn good stuff you puked all over yourself, I think it'd only fair I should get some, too. That hasn't already been through you, I mean.

Civilian casualties?” I asked.“There always are.

...it’s so easy, isn’t it, to decide the people you’re fighting aren’t really human. Or maybe you have to do it, to be able to kill them.

Captain,” I said after ten steps, without breaking stride. “I do understand that this is the Genitalia Festival. But when you say genitalia, doesn’t that usually mean genitals generally? Not just one kind?” For all the steps I’d taken, and as far down the corridor as I could see, the walls were hung with tiny penises. Bright green, hot pink, electric blue, and a particularly eye-searing orange.

To be Radchaai is to be civilised.

Sit up straight, Dlique. Don’t dismember your sister, Dlique, it isn’t nice. Internal organs belong inside your body, Dlique.

Bir harekete dönüşmediği, fiziksel olarak bir varlık elde etmediği sürece düşünceler gelip geçicidir ve ortaya çıktıkları anda eriyip yok olurlar. Seni bir seçim yapmak zorunda bırakmadıkları, ne kadar önemsiz olursa olsun bir eylem ya da harekete neden olmadıkları sürece anlamsızlardır. Harekete geçiren düşünceler tehlikeli olabilir. Geçirmeyenlerin hiçbir anlamı yoktur.

I am the Strength and Patience of the Hill! And I am the god of Vastai, who until now has sustained Iraden! And you, little snake, will not be the first god I have killed. No, nor even the second.