Kitty

“We ignore the blackness of outer space and pay attention to the stars, especially if they seem to order themselves into constellations. “Common as the air” meant something worthless, but Hackworth knew that every breath of air that Fiona drew, lying in her little bed at night, just a silver flow in the moonlight, was used by her body to make skin and hair and bones. The air became Fiona, and deserving—no, demanding—of love. Ordering matter was the sole endeavor of Life, whether it was a jumble of self-replicating molecules in the primordial ocean, or a steam-powered English mill turning weeds into clothing, or Fiona lying in her bed turning air into Fiona.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

“People who say they don't have time to read simply don't want to.”
― Julie Rugg, A Book Addict's Treasury

“An AK-47 in a white hand has more rights than a Black kid with Skittles.”
― Kim Johnson, This Is My America

“Do my thoughts just dream of me?”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men