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The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) QUOTES

The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) QUOTES

1 " We have our catechism of call signs and the high holy language of acronyms. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

2 " I dug into the thigh pocket of my trousers— by the way, the best thing about life on the Moon is all the pockets— "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

3 " There’s a thing that happens to people when they are helpless. They become afraid of things that in their normal life wouldn’t faze them at all. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

4 " This is the value of ritual and repetition, be it in a cockpit or in a church pew. Familiarity gives us room to breath and to think. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

5 " I blame the length on Brandon Sanderson. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

6 " Following my usual overreaction, I had filled it with mounds of mashed potatoes, boiled greens, curried lentils, chicken parmesan, and two types of cake. Recognizing a cycle and being able to stop said cycle are not the same thing. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

7 " I respect secrets, but I would rather have you tell me that something is off-limits than have you give me misinformation. A hole in the data, I can work with. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

8 " I'm fine." I was rumpled. I had a spot of blood on one cuff. I also had perfect posture and impeccable lipstick, both of which cover a multitude of sins. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

9 " Her vibrato sounds like she's using a jackhammer as a dildo. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

10 " This is the value of ritual and repetition, be it in a cockpit or in a church pew. Familiarity gives us room to breathe and to think. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

11 " Trust was earned by actions. Kenneth always said that our collective actions meant there were centuries of work to be done to prove ourselves trustworthy. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

12 " I needed help, because the problem with packing all your emotions away so you don’t become a weeping mass on the floor is that it leaves you cold and dead and ready to drive a trowel into someone’s guts and watch them choke on their own blood and that would cause problems. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

13 " I will honestly never understand why men, who seem to spend so much of their lives thinking about sex, get so flustered when a woman discusses it. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

14 " give him this. Every word Nathaniel sent to Elma was true. It’s amazing how many lies one can tell with the truth. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

15 " Oh, for the love of—” Myrtle pinched the space between her brows. “Men are … How do they survive to adulthood?” “It is one of the great mysteries of the universe.” Helen clucked her tongue. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

16 " Her vibrato sounds like she’s using a jackhammer as a dildo. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

17 " I’ll add her to my prayers. We all took comfort from the illusion of control where we could. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)

18 " We grieved, yes. But we carried on because that was what made us human. "

― Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)