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“There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.”
― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol

“Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“We’re seeing right now that a mass extinction can be caused by human beings.”
― Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

“Granny Weatherwax was not lost. She wasn't the kind of person who ever became lost. It was just that, at the moment, while she knew exactly where SHE was, she didn't know the position of anywhere else.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

“We—we spread out,” he said. “Yes. We spread out. That’s what we do.”
They moved carefully through the bracken. The sergeant crouched behind a handy log, and said, “Right. Very good. You’ve got the general idea. Now let’s spread out again, and this time we spread out separately.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

“He'd given that a lot of thought, he said, and then it suddenly came to him, out of the blue, like (his own smile) being shat on by a seagull.”
― K.J. Parker, Prosper's Demon

“We turn the page, and the adventure begins. There is something waiting for you. So turn the page.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stories: All-New Tales

“Ugh, emotions.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Can I ask you a question?” I never know how to answer this. Should I go with my first impulse, which is always “no” or just give in to the inevitable?”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“I am tired of the whole concept of humans right now.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Because change is terrifying. Choices are terrifying. But having a thing in your head that kills you if you make a mistake is more terrifying.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. ”
― George Orwell, 1984

“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“I was beginning to think Gurathin's asshole expression was some congenital condition her had no control over.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“You don’t have to thank me for doing my stupid job. But it is nice.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Iris: “Peri, you can’t bomb the colony.” Perihelion: “You are incorrect, Iris, I can bomb the colony.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“Oh fuck off, she said, affectionately-that was possible in Dublin.”
― Neil Gaiman;Various, Stories: All-New Tales

“How humans decide what to do with their arms on a second by second basis, I still have no idea”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“(Whatever "clubs" were. The things going on there didn't seem to match my lexicon definition.)”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“I don’t know why, because it’s one of those things I’m not contractually obligated to care about.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“I was also planning to use the time to watch some Sanctuary Moon and recharge my ability to cope with humans at close quarters without losing my mind.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“Man ain’t happy till he kills everything in his path and cuts down everything that grows. He sees something wild and beautiful and wants to hold it down and stab it, punish it ’cause it’s wild. Beauty draws him to it, and then he kills it.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stories

“You're not afraid," he observed. "Why aren't you afraid?"
"Oh. Oh no." The air whistled through Florian's teeth as his tone danced along the edge of shrill. "I assure you, I am terrified. You're quite a fearsome man. But I am afraid of most everything, so I've found it useful to evaluate risks with a clear head in the moment and do all my screaming after the fact.”
― Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven