Julia

“No part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people. [...] This is a community. You will be unified. You will fight for each other.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate

“Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,” I say, smiling up at the disembodied voice, my hands punching into my pockets, to show off the muscles of my arms. Am I flirting with my operating system? I think I’m flirting with my operating system. That voice.”
― Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

“Dear badge number.


What did I do wrong? be born? be black? meet you?”
― Danez Smith, Don't Call Us Dead

“ManMonster makes many noises, and part of my job as Companion to ManMonster is to decipher noises and discern meanings. At first I did not care to discern meanings of ManMonster noises, because why should I bother? I am creature with rich interior life; I should waste time trying to discern meanings of grunts and whines from ManMonster? But now I see that ManMonster is very unable to discern meanings of my noises, so if we are to understand each other at all, I am the one who must discern meanings, and since we live in same House, it is better for everyone if someone understands someone. So, fine. We are companions and I discern meanings.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory