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Katie is Currently Reading

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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary (Goodreads Author)

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May 14, 2026 06:17PM

“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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“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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“(Emotion check: Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.)”
― Martha Wells, Platform Decay

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“It was fine. I had dealt with Combat SecUnits before. Not, like, successfully, or anything, but still.”
― Martha Wells, Platform Decay

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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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