Richard

“Are we going for an anchor or a compass? A memory to ground you, or a spark to guide you forward?”
― Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit

“Men are an offshoot of humanity as well, but they’re a deviant strain. They’re freaks.”
― Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories

“I clenched my teeth and fists to stop them biting and scratching these clever men who want no care for the helpless sick small, who use religions and politics to stay comfortably superior to all that pain: who make religions and politics, excuses to spread misery with fire and sword and how could I stop all this? I did not know what to do.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“Everyone should have a cosy shell around them, a good coat with money in the pockets. I must be a Socialist.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things