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“Gurathin turned to me. "So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you."

I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“Do not second-guess the sack of flour. The sack of flour is wise beyond her years.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass