The Relentless Moon Quotes

“There’s a thing that happens to people when they are helpless. They become afraid of things that in their normal life wouldn’t faze them at all.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I dug into the thigh pocket of my trousers— by the way, the best thing about life on the Moon is all the pockets—”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“This is the value of ritual and repetition, be it in a cockpit or in a church pew. Familiarity gives us room to breath and to think.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“We grieved, yes. But we carried on because that was what made us human.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I blame the length on Brandon Sanderson.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I respect secrets, but I would rather have you tell me that something is off-limits than have you give me misinformation. A hole in the data, I can work with.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“Following my usual overreaction, I had filled it with mounds of mashed potatoes, boiled greens, curried lentils, chicken parmesan, and two types of cake. Recognizing a cycle and being able to stop said cycle are not the same thing.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I worked my way through the crowd in a swirl of robin’s egg taffeta. “Well, good evening, Senator. Dr. York.” The senator turned, chest puffing over the cummerbund of his tuxedo. “Madame President. Such a pleasure to see you and such excellent timing.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“At the starboard window seat of our row, Imelda said, “Oh! There goes the LOX arm.” Much as some people might wish that it meant they’d loaded the ship with smoked salmon, it was the liquid oxygen supply arm retracting.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“So you are at risk for another one?” He drummed his fingers on the butler’s tray and picked up a clove of garlic, peeling the paper from it. “Yes.” “And still planning on running for president, which is not known as a job without stress.” I picked up my wine and took a healthy drink from it. “I’ll tell Clemons I can’t go.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“The men laughed and Mr. Whitney turned a little red. There’s nothing wrong with being short, and under normal circumstances I wouldn’t have hit an area that he was sensitive about, but let me tell you a joke that is not funny. When you see a woman with stitches in her chin and ask her what she did to make her husband angry. There are two scenarios. The first is that she’s happily married and you’ve insulted their relationship. The other is that her husband is abusive and she will not thank you for endangering her by drawing attention to it. In the range of possibilities in between, there’s not a single one in which a joke about being a battered woman is funny.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“De verdad que nunca entenderé por qué los hombres, que parecen pasarse la mayor parte de su vida pensando en el sexo, se vuelven locos cada vez que una mujer lo menciona.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“KANSAS CITY, March 28, 1963—If all goes as it should—and in space, that is no sure thing—then sometime today, thirteen brave voyagers will cross a Rubicon that no man ever has: the halfway point between our home planet and Mars.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I’ll add her to my prayers. We all took comfort from the illusion of control where we could.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I will honestly never understand why men, who seem to spend so much of their lives thinking about sex, get so flustered when a woman discusses it.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I needed help, because the problem with packing all your emotions away so you don’t become a weeping mass on the floor is that it leaves you cold and dead and ready to drive a trowel into someone’s guts and watch them choke on their own blood and that would cause problems.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“Trust was earned by actions. Kenneth always said that our collective actions meant there were centuries of work to be done to prove ourselves trustworthy.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“Oh, for the love of—” Myrtle pinched the space between her brows. “Men are … How do they survive to adulthood?” “It is one of the great mysteries of the universe.” Helen clucked her tongue.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“We have our catechism of call signs and the high holy language of acronyms.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“give him this. Every word Nathaniel sent to Elma was true. It’s amazing how many lies one can tell with the truth.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“Her vibrato sounds like she’s using a jackhammer as a dildo.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“This is the value of ritual and repetition, be it in a cockpit or in a church pew. Familiarity gives us room to breathe and to think.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“Her vibrato sounds like she's using a jackhammer as a dildo.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“I'm fine." I was rumpled. I had a spot of blood on one cuff. I also had perfect posture and impeccable lipstick, both of which cover a multitude of sins.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon