Brendan

“Her father, in his wisdom, had once remarked that the only difference between being on track and stuck in a rut is the intended destination.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Dragonfired

“Information is not intellect. Computers can contain entire books, too, but they’re not considered intelligent yet. It is one thing to have a repository of data, and quite another to use it, let alone creatively.”
― Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

“Asa took her arm, gently. “They can’t talk,” he told her. She shook her head as her friends steered her back toward the access bridge. “No, it talked. I heard it.” Note to self: shut up.”
― Martha Wells, Compulsory

“It was always the same story, she thought tiredly. Just small, angry men, clinging to fading power. They feared living without privilege because they’d abused it against others, and were now terrified of suffering the same cruelty they’d routinely dealt out.”
― Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters