Planetfall Quotes

“I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“Am I just a mosaic of myself, held in the shape of a whole person?”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“That scared me more than anything, sometimes; the noise of my thoughts, the sense that even the space inside myself wasn't safe.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“That was the second major lie I told that week. It gets easier, in some ways; now I lie without expending any effort. But I think each one has its own weight. One alone may barely register, like a grain of sand in the palm of one's hand. But soon enough there's more than can be held and they start to slip through our grasp if we are not careful.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“I thought you were a believer, Ren,” Mack says. “I’m also a scientist,” I fire back, irritated with his mocking tone. “They’re not incompatible.” (It’s”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“He knew just what to say to make me feel safe, not only from the external but also my internal world. That scared me more than anything, sometimes; the noise of my thoughts, the sense that even the space inside myself wasn't safe.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“If this were a game, like the countless stupid things I’ve played over the years, I’d be heading down there to pick off the guards one by one and free them. Then we’d take back the colony and put an end to this terror. But I don’t have the skills or the weapons that my character would have. There aren’t handy weapon caches stored in secret places that I can raid to arm myself and my fellows. None of the games I’ve ever played have built in total failure from the start. I wouldn’t have the first idea of how to tackle one of the guards and take their weapon. There’s no engine to interpret my clumsy actions and translate them into flawless silent assassinations. There is no heroism in me without the supporting game narrative.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“I focus on my breath and stop trying to work out why I feel so panicky. All that matters is getting a steady inward-and-outward rhythm.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“millions of miles away”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“All of this place is God.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“We were all just little broken things, trying so hard to protect ourselves when all we were doing was keeping ourselves blind and alone.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“And as I lie there I think of those I’ve loved and those I’ve hurt. Sometimes they were one and the same. I think of the ones who have hurt me and see them as I see myself. We were all just little broken things, trying so hard to protect ourselves when all we were doing was keeping ourselves blind and alone.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“We’re such base creatures, so easily pulled from higher things by the needs of the body.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“Where am I among all these parts? Am I just a mosaic of myself, held in the shape of a whole person”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“There may be only a thousand or so people here, but it’s easy enough to make the pressure of conformity irresistible. Hell, sometimes we only need one other person to make us fall into line.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“I wish I could be more like them. They are so . . . light and easily contented.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“That scared me more than anything, sometimes; the noise of my thoughts, the sense that even the space inside myself wasn’t safe.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“How could I choose which of these to take and which to leave behind? How could I know which of these threads, weaving me into my past and my family, could be cut without unraveling the deepest parts of me?”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“Watching someone in a coma is a special kind of prison made of love and hope and despair.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“Are you aware that deep-immersion playback can cause depression, anxiety, dissociative disorders and increase the likelihood of addictive behaviors? “Yes,” I reply. Are you aware that deep-immersion playback can trigger PTSD? “Yes, for fuck’s sake.” That’s what I’m afraid of.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions. Mack’s”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

“was fenced off from people who couldn’t afford to touch the peeling bark on the trees. Those were reserved for dogs owned by the wealthy to piss against three times a day when walked by the au pair.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall