177 Quotes by Becky Chambers

People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful.

Tresha. It was the thankful, humble, vulnerable feeling that came after someone saw a truth in you, something they had discovered just by watching, something that you did not admit often to yourself.

But you’re probably the first Humans they’ve ever seen, and I don’t want them to grow up thinking your species is stupid.

Rosemary thought of what Lovey said if you gave her one task too many: I’m sorry, but that’ll have to wait a moment. If I put anything more in my databanks, my processing streams will stall. And I hate that.

And worst of all, we knew this could happen. We’ve been impotently worrying about what a solar flare could do to electronic infrastructure since the 1900s. But my generation was so preoccupied with fixing the mess left by the unaddressed-and-fully-known-about environmental disaster of the previous generation that we committed the same sin of criminal procrastination against yours. I ask no forgiveness for this, because we deserve none.

I cannot wait for her to stop being a teenager.” “I can,” Nib said. “Do you know how impossible it’s going to be to boss her around when she’s twenty?

Viewed in this way, you can never again see a tree as a single entity, despite its visual dominance. It towers. It’s impressive. But in the end, it’s a fragile endeavour that can only stand thanks to the contributions of many. We celebrate the tree that stretches to the sky, but it is the ground we should ultimately thank.

Even unpleasant bastards like us deserve company.’ He smirked. ‘That’s a quote from my wife, by the way.

From the stars, came the ground. From the ground, we stood. To the ground, we return.