Only Child Quotes

“While he'd always wanted to be an adult, equal and independent, part of him had always dreaded growing up. To grow up meant going to Earth, leaving behind not only Avi and Emory but everything and everyone familiar. And while adults told him they had all done that, he felt it wasn't quite the same for them. Now he looked forward to it all. He was going to matter. And he had the next four years, during the voyage to Earth, to decide if he wanted to study law, if that could help the skippers and other creatures like them.”
― H. M. Hoover, Only Child

“Yess,” it hissed. “You do well to remind me. You matter, young human. I may not understand why, but there is a reason you came to this world.” It paused. “So I believe. You have reason to fear us, yet you came back. I will listen to you.” Cody thought the skipper might not understand about corporations and money. Since he didn't understand such things himself, he decided to omit that part. The skippers probably knew better than he did how many of their kind had died since humans came to their world, so he didn't want to talk about that either, or about the corporation's plans for the skippers' future. Instead he began by telling the skipper about the laws of the Federation of Worlds.”
― H. M. Hoover, Only Child

“Yess,” it hissed. “You do well to remind me. You matter, young human. I may not understand why, but there is a reason you came to this world.” It paused. “So I believe. You have reason to fear us, yet you came back. I will listen to you.” Cody thought the skipper might not understand about corporations and money. Since he didn't understand such things himself, he decided to omit that part. The skippers probably knew better than he did how many of their kind had died since humans came to their world, so he didn't want to talk about that either, or about the corporation's plans for the skippers' future. Instead he began by telling”
― H. M. Hoover, Only Child

“He was surprised to see a rack of bicycles just like the ones they rode to get around the ship. It hadn't occurred to him that bikes could be ridden on land.”
― H. M. Hoover, Only Child