Lisa

“It’s understandable why humans stopped living in space in the 2020s. How can you think of the stars when the seas are spilling over? How can you spare thought for alien ecosystems when your cities are too hot to inhabit? How can you trade fuel and metal and ideas when the lines on every map are in flux? How can anyone be expected to care about the questions of worlds above when the questions of the world you’re stuck on – those most vital criteria of home and health and safety – remain unanswered?”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“It’s difficult to assign value to discovery when you haven’t sorted out the parameters of reality yet.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“It is difficult to give thought to the stars when the ground is swallowing you up.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“I'm an observer, not a conqueror. I have no interest in changing other worlds to suit me. I choose the lighter touch: changing myself to suit them.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate