177 Quotes by Becky Chambers

Just because someone goes away doesn’t mean you stop loving them.

We celebrate the tree that stretches to the sky, but it is the ground we should ultimately thank.

Tea was a moody drink.

There are few things as unsettling as a lack of control in an unfamiliar situation.

If you know what you’d like – ’ ‘I do.’ Pepper nodded seriously. ‘I’d like the left side of the menu, please.

She felt as though she could reach out to that little girl and pull her through the years. Look, she’d say. Look who you’re gonna be. Look where you’re gonna go.

He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like a scientist observing animals. He embraced it, accepted it, acknowledged that it would never go away. It was as much a part of him as any pleasant feeling. Perhaps even more so.

Scared means we want to live.

The very fact we use the term “cold-blooded” as a synonym for “heartless” should tell you something about the innate bias we primates hold against reptiles. Do not judge other species by your own social norms.