Adrian Torres

“All I wanted to do was watch media and not exist.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“Everybody expects something from you, and it’s rarely for you to be yourself. It’s your job to put everybody else first. To take care of them.
Well, I’m tired of it.
No computers under water. No particle accelerators. No—to judge from what Albert said—scientists.
I’m not sure that is the place for me, either. I’m not sure the place for me exists.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“Loss is hard, but loss without the chance to say goodbye is worse.”
― Hazel Zorn, Reef Mind

“The first time I saw one flying up the Academy’s central stair, I almost screamed. Who thought it was a good idea to let birds inside a tower?”
― Ryan Rose, Seven Recipes for Revolution: What We Eat, Book 1