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81 " many of the Ychana’s problems would be remedied if only they became better citizens.” “Just how good a citizen does one have to be,” I asked, “in order to have water and air, and medical help? "
― Ann Leckie , Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
82 " I would like to point out that as soon as Lieutenant Ekalu let you know that actually, your intended compliment was offensive to her, you immediately stopped trying to be nice. "
― Ann Leckie , Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
83 " Every ending is an arbitrary one. Every ending is, from another angle, not really an ending. "
84 " It’s so easy to go along with things, isn’t it?” Skaaiat said. “Especially when, as you say, it profits you. "
― Ann Leckie , Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
85 " Betrayer! Long ago we promisedTo exchange equally, gift for gift.Take this curse: What you destroy will destroy you. "
86 " I’ve been thinking about it, and I still don’t understand exactly why what I said hurt you so much. But I don’t need to. It hurt you, and when you told me it hurt you I should have apologized and stopped saying whatever it was. And maybe spent some time trying to understand. Instead of insisting that you manage your feelings to suit me. And I want to say I’m sorry. And I actually mean it this time. "
87 " Children are all sorts of people, aren’t they, and I suppose if I knew more I’d find some I like and some I don’t, just like everyone else. "
88 " Your very great pardon, Cousin,” said Sphene, “but this having meetings so we can plan to have meetings business is bullshit. I want to talk about ancillaries. "
89 " Do you still think Mianaai controls the Radchaai through brainwashing or threats of execution? Those are there, they exist, yes, but most Radchaai, like people most places I have been, do what they’re supposed to because they believe it’s the right thing to do. No one likes killing people.”Strigan made a sardonic noise "No one?""Not many," I amended. "Not enough to fill the Radch's warships". "
90 " You can kill me, you mean. You can destroy my sense of self and replace it with one you approve of. "
91 " It's always for show, Citizen. It is entirely possible to grieve with no outward sign. These things are meant to let others know about it. "
92 " Still that expressionless face. “Water will wear away stone, sir.” It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won’t cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. Said with enough irony, it could also imply that since the gods surely had a purpose for everyone the person in question must be good for something, but the speaker couldn’t fathom what it might be. "
93 " I will share one of them with you now: most people don’t want trouble, but frightened people are liable to do very dangerous things. "
94 " Security is here to protect citizens. You can’t do that if you insist on seeing any of them as adversaries. "
95 " Do you love randomly?” She blinked in bewilderment. “What?” “Do you love at random? Like pulling counters out of a box? You love whichever one came to hand? Or is there something about certain people that makes them likely to be loved by you? "
96 " Perhaps the length of one’s life was not important—except in the way it is to so many living beings, desperate to avoid death. Perhaps, long or short, it mattered how one spent that time. "
― Ann Leckie , The Raven Tower
97 " Governor Giarod was fairly good at not panicking visibly, but, I had discovered, not good at actually not panicking. "
98 " Pain is a warning,” said Anaander Mianaai. “What would happen if you removed all discomfort from your life? No,” Mianaai continued, ignoring Seivarden’s obvious distress at her words, “I value that moral indignation. I encourage it. "
99 " Imagine your whole life aimed at conquest, at the spread of Radchaai space. You see murder and destruction on an unimaginable scale, but they see the spread of civilisation, of Justice and Propiety, of Benefit for the universe. The death and destruction, these are unavoidable by-products of this one, supreme good. "
100 " Oh and next time you feel like getting hammered, message me. That was some damn good stuff you puked all over yourself, I think it'd only fair I should get some, too. That hasn't already been through you, I mean. "
