220 Quotes by Martha Wells

I yelled, “No!” which I’m not supposed to do; I’m always supposed to speak respectfully to the clients, even when they’re about to accidentally commit suicide.

Young humans can be impulsive. The trick is keeping them around long enough to become old humans.

You dislike your function. I don’t understand how that is possible.

I have a plan.” This was true. “I just don’t know whether it will actually work or not.” This, unfortunately, was also true.

If you had to take care of humans, it was better to take care of small soft ones who were nice to you and thought you were great because you kept preventing them from being murdered.

Oh, I’ve no sense of self-preservation,” Reynard replied easily. “That’s what I depend on you for.

This is how we fight: throw ourselves at each other and see whose parts give out first.

Maybe it was something subliminal. Actually, it felt pretty liminal. Pro-liminal. Up-liminal?

Sometimes humans can’t help but let emotion bleed through into the feed.