Vidhi Shah

“exchange is what you get out of any interaction, even the smallest ones. Everything has a give-and-take.”
― Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“His bed was low and spacious—easy to fall into, hard to get out of.”
― Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“You don’t have to have a reason to be tired. You don’t have to earn rest or comfort. You’re allowed to just be. I say that wherever I go.” They threw a hand toward their wagon, its wooden sides emblazoned with the summer bear. “It’s painted on the side of my home! But I don’t feel like it’s true, for me. I feel like it’s true for everyone else but not me. I feel like I have to do more than that. Like I have a responsibility to do more than that.”
― Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“They’d spent too much time around tired folks to not recognize the same condition in themself. They were running up against a wall, and it didn’t matter whether they understood where the wall had come from, or what it was made of. The only way to get through it was to stop trying, for a while. So, they would not make tea in Stump. They would not make tea anywhere unless they really, truly felt like it. They would focus on Mosscap and let the remainder wait. That was all right, they reminded themself, even though part of them still felt as though they hadn’t earned the hot soak or the good food.

Welcome comfort, they reminded themself, rubbing the little pectin-printed bear with their thumb. Without it, you cannot stay strong.”
― Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy