Zinka

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”
― Richelle Mead, Frostbite

“Why did the Oankali cause this? Why didn’t they offer us Mars years ago?” “They would never offer you Mars. I offer you Mars.” “Why?” “Because I’m part of you. Because I say you should have one more chance to breed yourselves out of your genetic Contradiction.” “And what do the Oankali say?” “That you can’t grow out of it, can’t resolve it in favor of intelligence. That hierarchical behavior selects for hierarchical behavior, whether it should or not. That not even Mars will be enough of a challenge to change you.” He paused. “That to give you a new world and let you procreate again would . . . would be like breeding intelligent beings for the sole purpose of having them kill one another.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Adulthood Rites

“I tentatively attempted to make contact with the muscles in my body. They told me to leave them the fuck alone.”
― Richelle Mead, Storm Born

“My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.”
― Jonathan Carroll