A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)

by Becky Chambers

‘Life is terrifying. None of us have a rule book. None of us know what we’re doing here. So, the easiest way to stare reality in the face and not utterly lose your shit is to believe that you have control over it.

Everybody’s history is one long slog of all the horrible shit we’ve done to each other.’

You couldn’t feel bad about losing something you couldn’t remember having.