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Katie is Currently Reading

Katie is currently reading

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary (Goodreads Author)

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May 14, 2026 06:17PM

Katie’s Quotes

“I felt HostileSecUnit1 go into shutdown mode. It wasn’t dead, it was just catastrophically damaged. (I know, who isn’t?)”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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“Of course not,” I said. And it probably sounded snappy, but it had been an effort not to say Fuck no, so I was counting it as a win.”
― Martha Wells, Platform Decay

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“Iris was already out of the danger zone, walking backward so she could watch. “Be safe, SecUnit,” she said. I don’t know how to respond when humans say that. It was always my job to get hurt.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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“The explorer had replied something to the effect that they didn’t mean to be intimidating and was the widdle academic transport crew scared, but in corporate speak, and ART had replied, It’s so easy for ships to disappear out here.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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“Did I understand how it processed its emotions? No. But I don’t understand how I process my emotions, either.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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