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41 " Then why do you have guns?""For shooting large and dangerous beasts who might be threatening my fungus specimens", M-Bot said. "Obviously. "
― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)
42 " That was the strangest thing that had happened to me since starting flight school, and I spent my mornings talking to a slug. "
43 " Nedd,” she said, “stupid is stupid.” “No it’s not. You’re talking to an expert. "
44 " It turned out that strange little girls grow up to be strange young women. "
45 " Now dear,” Kimmalyn said, “far be it from me to offer criticism. But that was hardly an imaginative cuss. I’ve heard that word, oh, every day since leaving Bountiful Cavern! Where I come from, you need to be circumspect.” “What’s the point of that?” “Well, you can’t have people realizing you’re disparaging them. That would be embarrassing!” “So you insult people… without insulting them?” “It’s our way. But don’t worry if that doesn’t make sense to you—personally, I think it’s inspiring that you’re comfortable being the way you are. It must have given you so many chances to learn life’s lessons!” “That’s… huh.” I grinned. “I like that.” “Thank you. "
46 " Humans have free will. Free will is the ability to make irrational decisions. "
47 " So if Cobb wanted me to turn, I’d turn. I’d turn until my fingers bled—until I rubbed the flesh from my hands and withered away to a skeleton. A skeleton who could turn really, really well. "
48 " Just for that, I shall hunt your firstborn and laugh with glee as I tell them of your death in terrible detail, with many unpleasant adjectives! "
49 " Only a fool thinks that weapons are more important than strategy and motion. "
50 " I imagined those broken rocks as the broken bodies of my enemies, their bones shattered, their trembling arms reaching upward in a useless gesture of total and complete defeat. I was a very odd little girl. "
51 " They're afraid of our ability to hear the stars. [...] And to them it makes us alien. "
52 " Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand. "
53 " Claim the stars, Spensa,” he said. "
54 " I took a sip of my purple drink and almost spat it out. It was so sweet. I covered it up by trying one of the fries. My mouth exploded with flavor, and I froze, eyes wide. I practically melted into a puddle. I’d had fried algae before, but it had been nowhere near as good as this. What were those spices? “Spin?” Arturo asked. “You look like someone just stepped on your toe.” I held up a fry, fingers trembling. “So. GOOD.” “She’s been living on rats for the last few months,” FM pointed out. “Her taste buds are undergoing serious atrophy. "
55 " If you can't arrive early, at least arrive before you're late. "
56 " If you toss a kid into a lions den, can you really blame the lion? "
57 " We can't know everything - and some of what we think we know is going to turn out to be false. "
58 " He nodded.""He kind-of-halfway-sort-of-nodded-but-it-might-have-been-a-random-twitch. "
59 " We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it. "
60 " I was grown-up. I’d packed my own backpack and had left Bloodletter, my stuffed bear, at home. Stuffed bears were for babies, even if you’d fashioned your own mock power armor for yours out of string and broken ceramics. "