The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

by Becky Chambers

In many ways, the idea of a shared stock of genes drifting through the galaxy is far easier to accept than the daunting notion that none of us may ever have the intellectual capacity to understand how life truly works.

“We cannot blame ourselves for the wars our parents start. Sometimes the very best thing we can do is walk away.”

“All you can do, Rosemary—all any of us can do—is work to be something positive instead. That is a choice that every sapient must make every day of their life.