Emily Mcgee

“They still loved performing tea service—or at least, they loved what it had been. But as they tried to connect to what had once been so captivating, they felt nothing but yawning absence. A void where they’d once been filled.”
― Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“That's what the devil is about. I'm what you wanted to become but couldn't. I'm both the closest and the farthest things from who you are.”
― Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

“Everybody could be doing something better without their lives. Name me one person who is doing the best, most righteous thing with their life this very minute.”
― Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built