Nuriya

“There again was the delight, the courage, that is most admirable in the Karhidish spirit - and in the human spirit - and though I could not share it with him, to deny it would be a detestable act. I said, without sincerity, but with absolute truth, "It is a marvelous thing indeed for them as well, the coming to a new world, a new mankind.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“I hate having emotions about reality; I’d much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

“You start by reading books, and you end by loving them”
― Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter

“There were realities the human mind was never meant to withstand, pressures it was never meant to survive. Knowledge is like the sea. Go too deep, and the crushing weight of it could kill you.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy