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What about a science fiction story in which the science collapses? I absolutely loved the book, despite its many flaws. Science has lured and mesmerized me more than anything else, and so what made me fall in love with some classics of science fictio ...more "
“Still that expressionless face. “Water will wear away stone, sir.” It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won’t cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. Said with enough irony, it could also imply that since the gods surely had a purpose for everyone the person in question must be good for something, but the speaker couldn’t fathom what it might be.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Are all the section doors leading to the Undergarden disabled and propped open like this?” “It’s as I said, Fleet Captain, this area was sealed off, but people kept breaking in. They’d just be sealing it off over and over to no purpose.” “Yes,” I acknowledged, gesturing the obviousness of her words. “So why not just fix the doors so they work properly?” She blinked, clearly not quite understanding my question. “No one’s supposed to be in this area, sir.” She seemed completely serious—the train of reasoning made perfect sense to her. The ancillary behind her stared blankly ahead, apparently without any opinion on the matter. Which I knew was almost certainly not the case. I didn’t answer, just turned to climb over the broken table and into the Undergarden.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“An ancillary body might feel momentarily overwhelmed, or irritable, or any emotion one might think of—it was only natural, bodies felt things. But it was so very small, when it was just one segment among the others, when, even in the grip of strong emotion or physical discomfort, that segment knew it was only one of many, knew the rest of itself was there to help.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Oh, how I missed the rest of myself.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“And what is civilization, to you, but us being properly grateful to be murdered and raped and stolen from?”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
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