I’ve been thinking about it, since you said it,” said Seivarden. No, said Mercy of Kalr. “And I’ve concluded that I don’t want to be a captain. But I find I like the thought that I could be.
If that’s what you’re willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love?
What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?
You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you. So easy to be all those things, when all the power is on your side.
Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It’s just easier to handle those with emotions.
Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings.
…if anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way.
It all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe planet goes around the sunIt all goes aroundMy mother said it all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe ship goes around the station
The gender thing is a giveaway, though. Only a Radchaai would misgender people the way you do.”I’d guessed wrong. “I can’t see under your clothes. And even if I could, that’s not always a reliable indicator.
You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you. So easy to be all those things, when all the power is on your side
Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.
Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I’m note sure it’s possible to have too many of them.
Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure.