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Nobody should be alone, " Sissix said. "Being alone and untouched...there's no punishment worse than that. And she's done nothing wrong. She's just different.Becky Chambers
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That's not the same. What happened to you, to your species, it's... it doesn't even compare.'' Why? Because it's worse?' She nodded.' But it still compares. If you have a fractured bone, and I've broken every bone in my body, does that make your fracture go away? Does it hurt you any less, knowing that I am in more pain?'' No, but that'sBecky Chambers
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Feelings are relative. And at the root, they're all the same, even if they grow from different experiences and exist on different scales.Becky Chambers
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To some Humans, the promise of a patch land was worth any effort. It was an oddly predictable sort of behavior. Humans had a long, storied history of forcing their way into places where they didn't belong.Becky Chambers
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She would never, ever understand the idea that a child, especially an infant, was of more value than an adult who had already gained all the skills needed to benefit the community. The death of potential was somehow worse than a loss of achievement and knowledge was something she had never been able to wrap her brain around.Becky Chambers
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Perhaps stars were supposed to be viewed from the ground.Becky Chambers
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Tweaking your body , it's all about trying to make your physical self fit with who you are insideBecky Chambers
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All the things I’ve done to my body, I’ve done out of love.Becky Chambers
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Um, right, okay. Have you taken any courses in interspatial manipulation? Probably not, huh?”“ Can’t say that I have.”“ Space-time topology?”“ Nope.”“ Transdimensional theory?” Rosemary made an apologetic face.“ Aww! ” said Kizzy, clasping her hands over her heart. “You’re a physics virgin!Becky Chambers