Clau MZ

“I wish you had made me an enemy, I said, rather than yourself. Mothers, i thought, would be perfect for that role.

You can't be that for me, Mommy, Nikolai said. I've found a perfect enemy in myself.”
― Yiyun Li, Where Reasons End

“But war’s war, Sassenach. Honor only makes it a bit easier to live wi’ yourself, afterward.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone

“Unfortunately these days quite a lot of people on the internet seem happy to live by the rule of salt. That’s a rule of infinite vendetta: scroll back years through a social media timeline, the worst thing you can find another person has done is totally legit to do to them. But then, that’s the worst thing you’ve done, and it’s legit to do it to you. And on and on, everyone trapped inside”
― Naomi Alderman, The Future

“Reaction 1: oh, that’s who had hacked my code. Reaction 2: flattering that they thought I was dangerous enough to pay for the contract on a Combat SecUnit. Reaction 3: I bet PortSec did not okay that and was going to be pissed off. Reaction 4: oh shit I’m going to die.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy