Icarus

“Dance was curious in its near universality. Not all species had dance in their cultures, but most did, and those that did not latched onto the idea once exposed to it... Sidra had watched a lot of archival footage of dance, but fascinating as that was from a cultural perspective, she enjoyed the improvised madness of a multispecies gathering much more. In the pit, she'd observed, it didn't matter what your limbs looked like, or how you liked to move. So long as there was a beat and warm bodies nearby, you could do whatever felt good...
The kit responded, changing its posture into something Sidra hadn't experienced before. The limbs were no longer pressed close to the torso, the back no longer straight. What had been tension and angles was now a harmony of curves, rocking, swaying, shifting... A curious sense of delight began to warm up Sidra's pathways.”
― Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit

“And while probes and space telescopes shed ever more light on our galactic neighbourhood, there’s only so much you can see looking through a peephole”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“Ashby didn’t care much for gravity that couldn’t be turned off.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“You like little bits,' Jane 64 said. 'You're real good at them. I think you're the most good at little bits.'
Jane 23 drank her meal and watched the vid. She was starting to feel sleepy, too. It had been a real good day, though. She had been on task and hadn't gotten punished and Jane 64 said she was the most good.”
― Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit