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Becky Chambers Quote: “Vast civilizations lay within the mosaic of dirt: hymenopteran labyrinths, rodential panic rooms, life-giving airways sculpted by the traffic of worms, hopeful spiders’ hunting cabins, crash pads for nomadic beetles, trees shyly locking toes with one another. It was here that you’d find the resourcefulness of rot, the wholeness of fungi.”

201. “Vast civilizations lay within the mosaic of dirt: hymenopteran labyrinths, rodential panic rooms, life-giving airways sculpted by the traffic of worms, hopeful spiders’ hunting cabins, crash pads for nomadic beetles, trees shyly locking toes with one another. It was here that you’d find the resourcefulness of rot, the wholeness of fungi.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “You and I – we’re just atoms that arranged themselves the right way, and we can understand that about ourselves. Is that not amazing?”

202. “You and I – we’re just atoms that arranged themselves the right way, and we can understand that about ourselves. Is that not amazing?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “The airlock opened before me, edgeless vacuity beyond. There were no winds here, no crashing waves. Only the cold constancy of stars, to which I was just a crude bit of wet carbon, a flake of skin you brush aside. My pain and pettiness and mistakes and inadequacies did not matter. I did not matter. Nothing we did out here mattered. Nothing we could or would ever do would matter, in the face of this.”

203. “The airlock opened before me, edgeless vacuity beyond. There were no winds here, no crashing waves. Only the cold constancy of stars, to which I was just a crude bit of wet carbon, a flake of skin you brush aside. My pain and pettiness and mistakes and inadequacies did not matter. I did not matter. Nothing we did out here mattered. Nothing we could or would ever do would matter, in the face of this.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I read a book while you were sleeping,” Mosscap said, holding up its pocket computer. “And I would really like to discuss it with you.” Dex blinked twice. “You woke me up to talk about a book?”

204. “I read a book while you were sleeping,” Mosscap said, holding up its pocket computer. “And I would really like to discuss it with you.” Dex blinked twice. “You woke me up to talk about a book?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “What do you need?” Mosscap asked. “Tea,” Dex said. Caffeine, they thought, grabbing a few of their jars. They had a feeling they were going to need it.”

205. “What do you need?” Mosscap asked. “Tea,” Dex said. Caffeine, they thought, grabbing a few of their jars. They had a feeling they were going to need it.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “How am I supposed to tell people they’re good enough as they are when I don’t think I am?”

206. “How am I supposed to tell people they’re good enough as they are when I don’t think I am?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “It is a paradox – the impossibility of reclaiming that which lies behind, housed within a form comprised entirely of the repurposed pieces of that same past. We exist where we begin, yet to remain there is death.”

207. “It is a paradox – the impossibility of reclaiming that which lies behind, housed within a form comprised entirely of the repurposed pieces of that same past. We exist where we begin, yet to remain there is death.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “The thing every being fears most is the only thing that’s for certain?”

208. “The thing every being fears most is the only thing that’s for certain?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Roveg was nothing if not a champion of playing one’s own tune, but there were some areas in which individuality stopped being a virtue and became more of a game of chance.”

209. “Roveg was nothing if not a champion of playing one’s own tune, but there were some areas in which individuality stopped being a virtue and became more of a game of chance.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “What kind of books does Ms. Amelia collect?” “Oh, entirely pornography,” Mosscap said. “It was very educational.”

210. “What kind of books does Ms. Amelia collect?” “Oh, entirely pornography,” Mosscap said. “It was very educational.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I had become so accustomed to the cacophony that part of me perversely wished for it, more trusting of unending discord than peace that could be snatched away.”

211. “I had become so accustomed to the cacophony that part of me perversely wished for it, more trusting of unending discord than peace that could be snatched away.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “He knew there would never be a point in his life in which he knew everything there was to know, and while part of him despaired at the puzzle that would never be solved, the rest of him embraced this truth fully, for what satisfaction could there be in having nothing else to ask?”

212. “He knew there would never be a point in his life in which he knew everything there was to know, and while part of him despaired at the puzzle that would never be solved, the rest of him embraced this truth fully, for what satisfaction could there be in having nothing else to ask?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “We are ready to live out our lives without ever seeing Earth again. We’re happy to do it. It is the most natural end I can imagine, the best death I could hope for. But we can’t accept that fate if no one is ready to pick up where we left off. If we die out here with your blessing, then we die as your family. If we die without it, we die alone.”

213. “We are ready to live out our lives without ever seeing Earth again. We’re happy to do it. It is the most natural end I can imagine, the best death I could hope for. But we can’t accept that fate if no one is ready to pick up where we left off. If we die out here with your blessing, then we die as your family. If we die without it, we die alone.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “It’s not my place to debate different flavors of belief in the places I visit,” they said.”

214. “It’s not my place to debate different flavors of belief in the places I visit,” they said.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “There was a difference between being shy and being sequestered. Rarely in history had things turned out well for people who chose to lock themselves away.”

215. “There was a difference between being shy and being sequestered. Rarely in history had things turned out well for people who chose to lock themselves away.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “The thing was, she’d spent so much time focused on what could go wrong, she’d forgotten the possibility of something going right.”

216. “The thing was, she’d spent so much time focused on what could go wrong, she’d forgotten the possibility of something going right.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Where do you want to go? I couldn’t answer that. There was nowhere to go. There was nowhere but this. There would never be anything but this.”

217. “Where do you want to go? I couldn’t answer that. There was nowhere to go. There was nowhere but this. There would never be anything but this.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “His bed was low and spacious – easy to fall into, hard to get out of.”

218. “His bed was low and spacious – easy to fall into, hard to get out of.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”

219. “We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “We abandoned our short sight. We abandoned our bloody ways. We made ourselves anew.”

220. “We abandoned our short sight. We abandoned our bloody ways. We made ourselves anew.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Perhaps none of us can truly explain death. Perhaps none of us should.”

221. “Perhaps none of us can truly explain death. Perhaps none of us should.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “She was losing a day of shore leave because of this, and that definitely soured her mood, but she was sure things were far worse for others with strict schedules and urgent business. No one had died, as far as she knew. No one in her immediate locale was hurt. Still, though, harm was harm, and she found herself wrestling between two truths until she realised neither was a zero-sum: This wasn’t the worst that could happen. It was a bad thing all the same.”

222. “She was losing a day of shore leave because of this, and that definitely soured her mood, but she was sure things were far worse for others with strict schedules and urgent business. No one had died, as far as she knew. No one in her immediate locale was hurt. Still, though, harm was harm, and she found herself wrestling between two truths until she realised neither was a zero-sum: This wasn’t the worst that could happen. It was a bad thing all the same.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I was operating on the hope that such things wouldn’t matter when the sky is falling apart.’ ‘Such things shouldn’t matter at all, regardless of what the sky is doing.”

223. “I was operating on the hope that such things wouldn’t matter when the sky is falling apart.’ ‘Such things shouldn’t matter at all, regardless of what the sky is doing.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “If you’re focused on moving from sign to sign, there’s no opportunity for happy accidents.”

224. “If you’re focused on moving from sign to sign, there’s no opportunity for happy accidents.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “It felt, in that moment, like time had compressed, like history was no longer segmented into Ages and Eras, but here, living, now.”

225. “It felt, in that moment, like time had compressed, like history was no longer segmented into Ages and Eras, but here, living, now.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Despite these blessings, sometimes Dex could not sleep. In those hours, they frequently asked themself what it was they were doing. They never truly felt like they got a handle on that. They kept doing it all the same.”

226. “Despite these blessings, sometimes Dex could not sleep. In those hours, they frequently asked themself what it was they were doing. They never truly felt like they got a handle on that. They kept doing it all the same.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Everything else breaks down and is made into other things.”

227. “Everything else breaks down and is made into other things.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “If trying something new was valid, then keeping something old was, too.”

228. “If trying something new was valid, then keeping something old was, too.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I highly doubt many of them will feel that way, and anyway, you don’t have to worry about that.” “Why not?” Dex smiled reassuringly. “Because I’ll be with you the whole way.”

229. “I highly doubt many of them will feel that way, and anyway, you don’t have to worry about that.” “Why not?” Dex smiled reassuringly. “Because I’ll be with you the whole way.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “This one choice didn’t answer everything for her, not even close. How could it? Life was never a matter of one decision alone. Life was just a bunch of tiny steps, one after another, each a conclusion that lead to a dozen questions more.”

230. “This one choice didn’t answer everything for her, not even close. How could it? Life was never a matter of one decision alone. Life was just a bunch of tiny steps, one after another, each a conclusion that lead to a dozen questions more.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “You don’t have to have a reason to be tired. You don’t have to earn rest or comfort. You’re allowed to just be. I say that wherever I go.” They threw a hand toward their wagon, its wooden sides emblazoned with the summer bear. “It’s painted on the side of my home! But I don’t feel like it’s true, for me. I feel like it’s true for everyone else but not me. I feel like I have to do more than that. Like I have a responsibility to do more than that.”

231. “You don’t have to have a reason to be tired. You don’t have to earn rest or comfort. You’re allowed to just be. I say that wherever I go.” They threw a hand toward their wagon, its wooden sides emblazoned with the summer bear. “It’s painted on the side of my home! But I don’t feel like it’s true, for me. I feel like it’s true for everyone else but not me. I feel like I have to do more than that. Like I have a responsibility to do more than that.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Of how any sighted individual’s perception of the world is entirely based on the way the structures in their eyes receive light.” Mosscap smiled at Dex. “I wish I could borrow your eyes for a day, see what that’s like.” “Please find a less creepy way to phrase that.”

232. “Of how any sighted individual’s perception of the world is entirely based on the way the structures in their eyes receive light.” Mosscap smiled at Dex. “I wish I could borrow your eyes for a day, see what that’s like.” “Please find a less creepy way to phrase that.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “They still loved performing tea service – or at least, they loved what it had been. But as they tried to connect to what had once been so captivating, they felt nothing but yawning absence. A void where they’d once been filled.”

233. “They still loved performing tea service – or at least, they loved what it had been. But as they tried to connect to what had once been so captivating, they felt nothing but yawning absence. A void where they’d once been filled.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I didn’t expect my life to be ending yet, but I suppose it always comes as a surprise, doesn’t it?”

234. “I didn’t expect my life to be ending yet, but I suppose it always comes as a surprise, doesn’t it?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “What is the point of an onion?” it asked with intense interest. “It’s delicious,” Dex said. “There’s basically nothing savory that can’t be improved by adding an onion.”

235. “What is the point of an onion?” it asked with intense interest. “It’s delicious,” Dex said. “There’s basically nothing savory that can’t be improved by adding an onion.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “If you have everything you need around you,” Dex said, “there’s no reason to leave. It takes a lot of time and effort to go someplace else.”

236. “If you have everything you need around you,” Dex said, “there’s no reason to leave. It takes a lot of time and effort to go someplace else.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Mistakes mean progress. We make good things. Great things.”

237. “Mistakes mean progress. We make good things. Great things.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Ghosts were imaginary, but hauntings were real.”

238. “Ghosts were imaginary, but hauntings were real.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “He’d been taught that if one person had more than another, feeling guilty about it was the least productive reaction. The only proper way to approach such inequities was to figure out how best to wield them, so as to bring others up to where you stood.”

239. “He’d been taught that if one person had more than another, feeling guilty about it was the least productive reaction. The only proper way to approach such inequities was to figure out how best to wield them, so as to bring others up to where you stood.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I want everybody to get along, and I want to make them dessert,’ she said quietly.”

240. “I want everybody to get along, and I want to make them dessert,’ she said quietly.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’. It’s often misused, operating on the false interpretation that fit means physically fit, therefore expressing a dog-eat-dog ethos. The strongest wins the day. But that’s not what Darwin meant, not at all. He meant most suited to, as in, the creatures most suited to – or most fit for – a specific environment are the ones with the best chance of passing on their genes.”

241. “I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’. It’s often misused, operating on the false interpretation that fit means physically fit, therefore expressing a dog-eat-dog ethos. The strongest wins the day. But that’s not what Darwin meant, not at all. He meant most suited to, as in, the creatures most suited to – or most fit for – a specific environment are the ones with the best chance of passing on their genes.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Finding the ocean was as simple a matter as letting a river lead you in the direction it wanted to go most.”

242. “Finding the ocean was as simple a matter as letting a river lead you in the direction it wanted to go most.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “I don’t care about your task. That’s not what’s important. That should never have been the most important thing. What’s important is that you were good girls who – who found out how wrong things are. And you died, and you were probably scared when it happened. That’s so unfair, and I am so, so angry about it. I wish you had been here so we could’ve helped each other. I wish we could’ve been friends. Maybe we could’ve gotten out of here together.”

243. “I don’t care about your task. That’s not what’s important. That should never have been the most important thing. What’s important is that you were good girls who – who found out how wrong things are. And you died, and you were probably scared when it happened. That’s so unfair, and I am so, so angry about it. I wish you had been here so we could’ve helped each other. I wish we could’ve been friends. Maybe we could’ve gotten out of here together.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “It simply looked like the efforts of someone who was doing what they could with what they had. For all his love of aesthetics, Roveg could respect that. Sometimes all you could do was make it work.”

244. “It simply looked like the efforts of someone who was doing what they could with what they had. For all his love of aesthetics, Roveg could respect that. Sometimes all you could do was make it work.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the easy business of creating them.”

245. “In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the easy business of creating them.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “They’d strapped themselves into this explosive hunk of scrap and aimed for the sky. How was this a good idea? How had anyone ever thought this was a good idea?”

246. “They’d strapped themselves into this explosive hunk of scrap and aimed for the sky. How was this a good idea? How had anyone ever thought this was a good idea?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “And yet, if they were completely honest, the thing they had come to look forward to most was not the smiles nor the gifts nor the sense of work well done, but the part that came after all of that. The part when they returned to their wagon, shut themself inside, and spent a few precious, shapeless hours entirely alone. Why wasn’t it enough?”

247. “And yet, if they were completely honest, the thing they had come to look forward to most was not the smiles nor the gifts nor the sense of work well done, but the part that came after all of that. The part when they returned to their wagon, shut themself inside, and spent a few precious, shapeless hours entirely alone. Why wasn’t it enough?”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “Repeating history that had left living memory was an all-too-human tendency.”

248. “Repeating history that had left living memory was an all-too-human tendency.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who cared for the little being that crawled out of it.”

249. “The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who cared for the little being that crawled out of it.”

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Becky Chambers Quote: “You found something dark within your own house, and you are wondering how much of it has rubbed off on you.”

250. “You found something dark within your own house, and you are wondering how much of it has rubbed off on you.”

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