177 Quotes by Becky Chambers

From the ground, we stand. From our ships, we live. By the stars, we hope.

They figure that big, deep feelings are universal enough to be defined with just a flick of the hand.

I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice... I get dessert twice.

I can wait for the galaxy outside to get a little kinder.

Change is always dangerous.

Pairs are not inventors. They are too unfocused, too short-lived. Good for Navigating and discussion theories, but bad at building. Building takes many, many mistakes. Pairs do not like mistakes. They like staring out windows. But Solitary like mistakes. Mistakes mean progress. We make good things. Great things.

We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship – to teach, if we are called upon; to be taught, if we are fortunate.

I’ll never understand how the rest of you expect brand-new adults to be able to teach kids how to be people.

Archivists were passionate people, some of whom dedicated their whole lives to the pursuit of unbiased truth. Given the wealth of information that needed sorting through, professional archivists relied heavily upon volunteers to help keep public files current. Rosemary had always imagined them like guardians from some fantasy vid, defending the galaxy from inaccuracies and questionable data. ‘What.