Adam

“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“Mostly something called Sanctuary Moon.” He shook his head, dismissing it. “It’s probably using it to encode data for the company. It can’t be watching it, not in that volume; we’d notice.” I snorted. He underestimated me. Ratthi said, “The one where the colony’s solicitor killed the terraforming supervisor who was the secondary donor for her implanted baby?” Again, I couldn’t help it. I said, “She didn’t kill him, that’s a fucking lie.” Ratthi turned to Mensah. “It’s watching it.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“From the stars, came the ground. From the ground, we stood. To the ground, we return. Here, at the Centre of our lives, we carry our beloved dead. We honour their breath, which fills our lungs. We honour their blood, which fills our hearts. We honour their bodies, which fuel our own. We honor you.”
― Becky Chambers, Record of a Spaceborn Few

“If you do not find yourself a galaxy, it is not so bad to find yourself a star.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth