Michelle

“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. If you believe you have control, then you believe that you’re at the top. And if you’re at the top, then people who aren’t like you . . . well, they’ve got to be somewhere lower, right?”
― Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit

“Acting all sanctimonious while spouting bad info was a terrible way to win a debate, but a great way to piss people off.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“They say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

“Death’s greatest power is not that it can make people die, but that it can make people want to stop living.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry