Rachael

“You found something dark within your own house, and you are wondering how much of it has rubbed off on you.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“Is everything sad going to come untrue?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is peace out here in the open. I have friends and a garden in the stars and a kitchen full of tasty things.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“Dr. Chef knew exactly where all of his feelings were, every joy, every ache. He didn’t need to visit them all at once to know they were there. Humans’ preoccupation with “being happy” was something he had never been able to figure out. No sapient could sustain happiness all of the time, just as no one could live permanently within anger, or boredom, or grief. Grief. Yes, that was the feeling that Rosemary needed him to find today. He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like a scientist observing animals. He embraced it, accepted it, acknowledged that it would never go away. It was as much a part of him as any pleasant feeling. Perhaps even more so.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet