Tak! quoted In Universes by Emet North
Here is what I remember most about the months I spent searching for dark matter: there are some things in the universe you can only find by looking away from them.
— In Universes by Emet North
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Here is what I remember most about the months I spent searching for dark matter: there are some things in the universe you can only find by looking away from them.
— In Universes by Emet North
I’d thought the jungles of the eastern Empire to be oppressively hot, but as I sat in the prow of the little canal boat and felt the sweat slip down my brow, I decided the north was, without question, far worse.
— A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
Abe Kalotay died in his front yard in late February, beneath a sky so pale it seemed infected.
Perhaps he’ll die this time.
I want to feel everything, the light, the noise, the dark, even the cold and fear.
— Dual Memory by Sue Burke
We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other.
— Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
The other day, we’re standing in the repository; it’s evening already, nothing left to do but dump the lab suits, then I can head down to the Borscht for my daily dose of booze.
— Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Борис Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, and 1 other
The trick is remembering that it’s all a game.
— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
By all accounts, I should be scared.
The protesters outside are getting louder.
Acting Captain Virika Sameroo abandoned her seat and stood ramrod stiff behind the Oestra’s navigator after it jolted through the Invictan region skip gate.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
He didn't like beating people.
I am not on this beach.
— Before Mars by Emma Newman (Planetfall, #3)
It's times like these, when I’m hunkered in a doorway, waiting for a food market of dubious legality to be set up, that I find myself wishing I could eat like everyone else.
— After atlas by Emma Newman (A Planetfall novel)
Every time I come down here I think about my mother.
— Planetfall by Emma Newman