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21 " Jane was now certain that Medical Master Schlewan was either a woman or a trans woman, which, for all intents and purposes, meant the same thing. Gender wasn’t hugely important to the Sectilius except for reproduction. "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , Remanence (Confluence, #2)
22 " The thought had occurred to her that something akin to Asperger’s might be neurotypical for the species. Someday psychologists on Earth would study these similarities and differences and it would probably do a lot of good on both worlds, but for now she could only speculate and continue to record her observations in her personal journal. "
23 " The common language was latent within you, a component of genetic memory, given to you by the Cunabula. "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , Fluency (Confluence, #1)
24 " It was slung low to the ground like a rectangular barge on wheels, and the side-opening doors lifted up, like a DeLorean, which he admitted to himself, begrudgingly, was fucking cool. There "
25 " These people did not waste things that were free. It "
26 " Bergen slammed his chest into his straps. “Yeah, in simulations, you nut job! What if they got it wrong? Slow the fuck down, already! We didn’t come all this way to die on the approach! "
27 " He looked a bit crazed. They all did. They all smelled terrible too. Microgravity did something to both olfaction and body odor that wasn’t pleasant. She’d ceased to notice it long ago, except when she got too close to one of them. She put a lot of effort into avoiding that, though it was difficult. It was bad enough that they had to put water to their lips knowing that by now the lion’s share of it was recycled urine. There wasn’t enough water to do more than sponge-bathe and even that was done sparingly by necessity. The men could shave if they chose, with a built-in vacuum-assisted electric shaver, but they’d given up the pretense of civilized grooming months ago. They didn’t look like they belonged in this twenty-first-century ship on its maiden voyage. They looked like Neanderthal thugs who had hijacked it. "
28 " The indigenous people are socially hierarchical in nature, competitive, patriarchal, tribal, jingoistic, and belligerent, for the most part. They "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , Inheritance (Confluence #3)
29 " Then his eyes traveled down and his expression darkened. He clearly liked what he saw. He seemed to come to himself with a guilty start and turned away to busy himself with his gear. "
30 " It was so disappointing to find out the rest of the universe was just as full of greedy, amoral, bigoted bastards as Earth. Apparently achieving interstellar travel did not automatically mean that a species was morally evolved. "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , Confluence Codex 1: An Omnibus of the Scifi Series, Books 1-3
31 " Why did they need to be alone to do that? It’s not like she hadn’t watched them before when they thought she was sleeping. She’d teased them that they sounded like monkeys. "
32 " But, why give her all of this? "
33 " We were meant to be this way. Not to fight the worst aspects of our nature, but to embrace them.” “Just so. To exploit your inherent qualities, in the service of others. It is the belief of many that they hoped to create a warrior class that would turn the tide, yet leave their brethren to live in peace. To respect the diversity and protect it. "
34 " Some worry was normal. Paralysis was not. "
35 " He glanced back at the device with wonder. The thing was an artificial wormhole generator. That in and of itself was freaking insanely cool. "
36 " In the moment when the last remaining filament between Hain and the Mother broke, the Mother’s parting thought raced through Hain’s mind, but Hain didn’t process it until later, when the sticky amber gum that oozed from her open wounds had begun to harden, and the euphoric newness of freedom had subsided. The Mother had said, “Come back to me soon, little one. "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , The Grove
37 " For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. CARL SAGAN "
38 " Surfing was like a drug. He huffed at that thought and paddled harder. Almost there. Nope. Not a drug—it was like sex. You spent a lot of time working up to doing it, it was mind-blowingly awesome for a few moments, then it was over and you wanted to do it again. And again. Always good. Even if it wasn’t perfect. Still good. "
39 " The unhinged jaw of a nepatrox mouth—with the wide flaps to either side flapping away—greeted him through the window. The beast had climbed up on the wing. It was bigger than any of the ones they’d seen on the Speroancora. "
40 " my genes are an accident of birth and have nothing whatsoever to do with who I am as a person. "
― Jennifer Foehner Wells , Vengeance (Confluence #5)