Sindi

“Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“Fine. He was a nice, friendly neighbor who didn’t understand property lines.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

“a narcissistic parent loves and hates an empathetic child. The empathic child sucks up other people’s feelings like a sponge and tries to make everyone feel better. The narcissist loves them most, because that kid will care about them, take care of their every little need. They eventually hate them, because that’s also the kid most likely to escape—to realize as an adult that the relationship is not healthy.”
― Rachel Eve Moulton, Tantrum

“Her father had once told her he hoped she found someone who made her smile. Just that. No fireworks like in tales and ballads. He didn’t wish her the shiver of romance or the endless ache of desire. “You should marry your best friend,” he told her. All those grand emotions, he said … they’re fun, but eventually they fade. They always fade. What was better, he’d said, was companionship. He’d wanted her to find someone who would be there for her, who’d laugh with her through the years.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop