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Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)

by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)

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May 05, 2026 03:20PM

“I'm down fifty pounds and I should be thrilled, but it's super awkward to have people call attention to me. It's like people think they're saying something that should make me feel really great. Instead, it's a reminder that they didn't like the way I looked before. That I'm fat and everybody has been judging me all along.”
― Kelly deVos, Fat Girl on a Plane

tags: fat, weight-loss

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“Tea?” I blinked. “What is tea?” The peri wrinkled a beak-like nose. “Ah, I forget how far I am from home sometimes. Tea is a drink, a wondrous one. It will undoubtedly make its way to this part of the world in another century or two, but I shall give you an early taste.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

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“For while the pious claim money doesn’t buy happiness, I can attest from personal experience that poverty buys nothing.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

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“Fussy babies answer to no authority.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

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“People like you have the luxury of failing more than once. The world will pick you up, dust you off, and send you on your way, nothing lost and nothing gained. You get to keep going, and going, until you get the result you want. And if you do decide to give up, there's a nice cushion for you to land on. That's why you have mottoes like 'fail fast,' and 'failure is the best teacher.”
― F.C. Yee, The Iron Will of Genie Lo

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