Ebony "Interstellar Introvert"

“And somewhere in the middle of looking around the place and putting your pack down and thinking, This is home until I can escape it, you’ve suddenly realized that you know Tonkee. You’ve known her, on some level, all along. “Binof. Leadership. Yumenes,” you snap, and each word seems to hit Tonkee like a blow. She flinches and takes a step back, then another.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

“Complexity should be your excuse for inaction.”
― Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

“The pain is horrific and it never really ends, though he learns to mitigate it enough to function; all those who survive the implantation do. The smiling, you see. Endorphins ease pain.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate

“Time is a funny thing; it doesn’t forgive the things we don’t see.”
― Seanan McGuire, Middlegame