Emi

“It was the story of a handful of children who were told to die, and refused. They were told that others deserved to eat, not them, and they fought back. They wanted to live. And we thought, if seven children could lead a rebellion…if they could risk everything for the chance of freedom, then so could we.
...
He recognizes it immediately. It’s the Orion slave girl revolt flag, the background a deep amethyst like the Orion sky, with…With seven stars.Seven children.

Sam. Erika. Tom. Natalie. Kevin. Baby.
And me.”
― luminousbeings, You Don't Have To

“Natáhla se pro koblihu s nugátovou náplní. Příšerně tady ztloustnu. Ian mě už nebude chtít, najde si nějakou štíhlejší a mladší, třeba malou Elu. S chutí se do koblihy zakousla. Mrzáček s krátkýma nohama, hm. A nadělám s tím něco? Nenadělám.”
― Jana Rečková, Mlok 2001

“He doesn’t reply – can’t bring himself to reply – and Kodos pulls Jim’s hair, baring his throat and dragging out a gasp of pain.
“You don’t have to say yes, James. You just have to not say no.”
― luminousbeings, You Don't Have To

“I think I’ve found the worst feeling,” he mutters.
“Helplessness,” says Spock promptly, like he’s thought about this before. “Being unable to do anything.”
“Yeah, helplessness is pretty bad. But for me,” he says, looking at the picture they’ve put up of her, of Natalie and Sam posing together in front of the zoo, holding hands and smiling like the sun, “it’s knowing you could have done something. And you didn’t.”
― luminousbeings, You Don't Have To