Sumana Gupta

“I want you lot to make that your motto. What we know is that we don’t know anything.”

Nona quite liked this motto. It was an accurate summary of her entire life.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“Honesty, this is a matter of life.”

The chain rattled and the door hesitated.

“You’re s’posed to say ‘and death,’” he supplied.

“I have started to not believe in the other one,” said Nona. “It’s stupid saying ‘and death’ when most of the people who die get up and walk around again. Maybe if I said ‘a matter of life and double death.’”

Honesty said, “How about, ‘Life and death where you don’t come back’?”

“That’s so long,” said Nona.”
― Tamsyn Muir

“What? What is that?”

“You just met God,” said Pyrrha.

“I didn’t like him,” said Palamedes.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“Not like this. I love this place.”

“Do you love?” said the Captain’s mouth.

Nona struggled. “Yes—no—yes,” she said, then: “I don’t know what it means. I say it, and I don’t know what it means … Did I ever know what it meant?”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth