Slow Gods Quotes

“Thus even in our feelings we find ways to embrace and reject each other, as if there were a true way to feel sorrow, a singular way to be in love.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“This is a flaw I have observed many times – people will expend vast energies in ignoring the obvious terrifying thing because it terrifies them so.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“the necessity of social bonding is so strong that to not understand the local rules of hospitality is an immediate warning sign”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“YOU MAY ALSO ONE DAY BE A GOD”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“Did the natives of this station welcome in you one mothership at a time”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“it is not acceptable to ask these things at a first encounter. First there must be small talk”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“THERE IS NO WORD IN NORMSPEAK, IN MDO-SO, IN ADJUMIRI TO EXPRESS THE LOVE THAT IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE A WORLD. IT IS A UNIVERSAL LOVE FOR ALL CREATURES, ALL LIVING THINGS. IT DEMANDS NOT THAT YOU FIGHT FOR THE ONE PERSON WHO IS DEAR TO YOUR HEART, BUT THAT YOU LET THEM PERISH IF TWO OTHERS MAY LIVE. IT IS THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR A STRANGER. THIS IS THE LOVE THAT A GOD SHOULD HAVE, AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL, AND IT IS UNFORGIVING, AND IT IS IT CRUEL.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“It seemed to me that feeling strongly was a substitute for actually being able to do something.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“Time is meaningless in the dark. Time is arguably meaningless in the loose conglomeration of sensory agreement that people call “reality”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“I am… susceptible to expectations. Everyone is”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about. (I am a dreadful liar.) I should make myself a hero. Pretend I knew certain things before I did, was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind. I should claim that I understand love. This last is most important, and I am trying. I am always trying. Is that not enough?”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“If all that was left of us was a story, what would we want that story to say?”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“We are the seeds of the forest, we blaze so bright, no life is special. No life is special. No life is special and all of them are. No love matters more than any other, no story is more important, nothing matters more, nothing matters less, so choose, choose, we choose every day to be more than just ourselves, to live for more than just ourselves, because it is beautiful.

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― Claire North, Slow Gods

“The kekekee of B48TCLM1 are born in the clouds and live their entire lives without touching the ground. Their sentience was initially missed”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“Certainly I know that if a man expects me to die”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“In other words: most sentient creatures of the galaxy are capable of recognising other sentient creatures”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“You can remember the difference between innumerable different types of sausage or sporting teams”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“Factory automata could have performed our labours”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“Worship implies faith. It implies believing in something when there is either a) no evidence or b) confidence maintained despite strong evidence to the contrary.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“All are born equal, and by their labours shall they rise.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

“We are the seeds of the forest”
― Claire North, Slow Gods

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― Claire North, Slow Gods

“DNA itself is never just as simple as a command that must be executed; it is a cascading dance of on-and-off, as subject to environmental stimuli as wind or rain.”
― Claire North, Slow Gods