37 Quotes by Daniel José Older

A fast ship is only as fast as its captain,” Han countered.

She shushed him with a hand. “Don’t. I know who I am and that all my talk about droid rights and everything else makes people uncomfortable. The Maker didn’t put me in this galaxy to make organics feel good about themselves, though.”“Well, that much is clear.” “And I’m okay with that. When you know what you’re here to do, everything that’s not that matters much less.

First lesson in learning about yourself,” Maz said, “is not everything is about you.

Maybe the word hasn’t been invented yet – that thing beyond diversity. We often define movements by what they’re against, but the final goal is greater than the powers it dismantles, deeper than any statistic. It’s something like equity – a commitment to harvesting a narrative language so broad it has no face, no name.

Spirits flitted through the red-and-orange sky like leaves blown on the October wind. They dipped and darted over the brownstones and housing projects, swooped around the towering glass palaces, and dove into the crooked alleyways. Sierra smiled. The world had become so much more alive once she learned to see the dead. For a few moments, she just stood there, let herself be a spectator to the ever unfolding drama of city lights and spirits.

I love Carlos like the weird, half-dead son I never particularly wanted

Maybe we’re our own makers, no matter who put the parts together.

Mmm,” Dirgeos hummed. “Allow yourself to give over to the sway of the galaxy, the endless circuitry and slow decline of flesh amid it. Give over.

Is this about love, El? Did you finally discover how droids can love and now you’ve got me chasing some handsome droid boy out into the far reaches of the galaxy?”“I’m curious why you presume the droid I am interested in would be a boy.