177 Quotes by Becky Chambers

There were two things about the plan that worried Sidra: the breach of Pepper’s privacy, and the part that could kill Sidra if she did it wrong. The rest of it was easy.

We exist where we begin, yet to remain is death.

These Humans, huh?’ Sissix said to Dr Chef. ‘I took some time to freak out. Didn’t you?’ ‘I sure did,’ Dr Chef said. He handed Rosemary a clean cloth. ‘Once I’d medicated Ashby and got his bots going, I locked myself in my office and yelled for a good ten minutes.’ ‘That’s what that was?’ Ashby said. He had a dim memory of layers upon layers of haunting chords, cutting through the waves of pain. ‘I thought you were singing. It was really pretty.

No good can come from a species at war with itself.

Do not judge other species by your own social norms.

I do.’ Pepper nodded seriously. ‘I’d like the left side of the menu, please.

There was organisation at work, but clutter, too. The mark of a logical mind that sometimes strayed.

And seriously, anybody working in a job that doesn’t let you take a nap when you need to should get a new job.

Our species doesn’t operate by reality. It operates by stories.