I shut my mouth, trying to think of why it’s so hard to believe in Ayaba, in anyone. Weights and scales, promises and blood debts I can understand. But kindness? Unasked kindness? I’m not sure I deserve it.
“Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.”
― Language: an Introduction to the Study of Speech
― Language: an Introduction to the Study of Speech
“On Imperial ships, officers were encouraged to drink nutritive beverages instead of consuming food; it was more efficient in terms of both ship resources and officer time, and the medics insisted the nutritives were healthier, too.”
― Lost Stars
― Lost Stars
“No, friend. We might be talking about the same thing.”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“But we’ve long been called on to think about matters that belonged to the province of God.”
― Death's End
― Death's End
“Death is the only lighthouse that is always lit. No matter where you sail, ultimately, you must turn toward it. Everything fades in the world, but Death endures.”
― Death's End
― Death's End
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