Reading into the Void

“If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Broken Kingdoms

“One flesh, one end, bitch.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“By day the cities were cement-colored smudges against the land, indistinguishable from the gray-green of suburbs and countryside, but at night, humanity shouted its existence at the stars.”
― Temi Oh, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

“Nonagesimus,” she said slowly, “the only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted someone to hold the sword as you fell on it. The only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted your ass kicked so hard, the Locked Tomb opened and a parade came out to sing, ‘Lo! A destructed ass.’ The only job I’d do would be if you wanted me to spot you while you backflipped off the top tier into Drearburh.”

“That’s three jobs,” said Harrowhark.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth