Robert

“for the most part, refugees are recognized as a good bargain. Treat them well, and they will vote for you more loyally than citizens who were born in your centenal.”
― Malka Ann Older, Null States

“fancy math.” “That still leaves me with around ten thousand days. That’s murders happening on 0.18 percent of your life. Do you think that maybe you could have a day where there’s some kind of game or gathering and people don’t die?”
― Mur Lafferty, Infinite Archive

“Considering what bullets can do to spaceships, it’s probably good they didn’t give us guns,” Wolfgang said as he carefully stepped down another rung. “No, that’s not it,” Katrina said from above him. “The ship can withstand unavoidable pieces of space debris hit when we’re going hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. A bullet isn’t going to have that much force.” “Our tech can’t take a bullet, though,” he said. “Shoot one of those into a computer terminal and see how well we fly. Or breathe. Or eat.” “Point,” she said.”
― Mur Lafferty, Six Wakes

“Are you stuck?” she asked, amusement and fondness for the little ship finally replacing frustration. She remembered her old boss at the animal shelter, who told her kittens and puppies were so cute because it was their only defense.”
― Mur Lafferty, Infinite Archive