“I did not demand that the crows be like me, that their minds resemble my own: I simply cared for them. Why should I base my level of care and concern for them on how much like me they were, rather than loving them for what they were? That I should love only those that resembled myself, and neglect those who lived in other worlds, going about their other lives, seemed absurd to me. Arrogant. I cared for all.”
― The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2020
― The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2020
“There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.”
― Rogue Protocol
― Rogue Protocol
“She ran into the early-October afternoon. The light came at a low slant through the oaks across the street, gold and green, and how she loved that light. There was no light in the world like you saw in New England in early fall.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
“Now turn off whatever machine you’re reading this on and go the fuck outside.”
― If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
― If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
“There were few things that it needed to remember forever, and those were etched by its genes into the storage area known as instinct. Having”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
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