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“She would never, ever understand the idea that a child, especially an infant, was of more value than an adult who had already gained all the skills needed to benefit the community. The death of a new hatchling was so common as to be expected. The death of a child about to feather, yes, that was sad. But a real tragedy was the loss of an adult with friends and lovers and family. The idea that a loss of potential was somehow worse than a loss of achievement and knowledge was something she had never been able to wrap her brain around.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
“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.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
“I can wait for the galaxy outside to get a little kinder.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
“That’s not the same. What happened to you, to your species, it’s . . . it doesn’t even compare.’ ‘Why? Because it’s worse?’ She nodded. ‘But it still compares. If you have a fractured bone, and I’ve broken every bone in my body, does that make your fracture go away? Does it hurt you any less, knowing that I am in more pain?”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
“Such a quintessentially Human thing, to express sorrow through apology.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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