Lina Rather > Quotes

“We're all just scattered, lonely specks out here, unless we try to become more. We shouldn't be brutal just because the universe is.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“If all they could be were small rocks to break the current, it would have to be enough.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“She was one small part of an infinity, and there was much to be done.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“We should go because I would want someone to come for us. We’re all just scattered, lonely specks out here, unless we try to be more. We shouldn’t be brutal just because the universe is.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“Ecosystems were so fragile, and humans were such a strain.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“Wars were fought in hearts and minds as much as they were fought in blood and bullets.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“My mother used to tell me I’d have more of a mind if I didn’t speak it quite so often.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“Religion was a useful arm of the state, often enough. What better way to crush resistance than to own the souls of the people? What better way to spread your government than to tie it to the name of God?”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“There would be blood spilled again, across worlds and worlds, there might be war, or plague. And the universe would need them to do what small good things they could, even in the face of that which they could not stop. If all they could be were small rocks to break the current, it would have to be enough.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“Like most people who were well-meaning and ignorant, he bulldozed through everything in his way with not even a thought.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“In her years of ministry, she had always found these quiet moments to be worth more than most prayers. The small pause, the space of a few breaths between a choice and making it, between one step and the next. A moment to stop and steel yourself or falter if you needed.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Forsaken Stars

“Of course not. It’s not that big a system.” They both smiled, but they both knew it was the end of a great and glorious and innocent time. They knew what they could not forget; they had done what they could not undo. For now they could take a breath but very soon Central Governance would come calling, and the universe would change once more. There would be blood spilled again, across worlds and worlds, there might be war, or plague. And the universe would need them to do what small good things they could, even in the face of that which they could not stop. If all they could be were small rocks to break the current, it would have to be enough.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“The Cheng I Sao had more defenses than the Order of St. Rita’s convent-ship, it was true, but that was like saying a fruit fly was possessed of greater intelligence than a potato.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Forsaken Stars

“She had bought their safety with someone else’s pain. It was not just or right but she had to believe it was the lesser evil.”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black

“Our Lady of Impossible Constellations”
― Lina Rather, Sisters of the Vast Black