“Forgetting is what nature does best. The universe is a huge forgetting machine. It erases information no matter how hard we try to hang onto it. How could it be any different? What if the memory of everything that ever happened still existed? The universe would be clogged with information, so packed with it we couldn’t move. We’d be paralyzed, because every moment we ever lived would still be with us. It would be hell.” MemoriesForgetting Book:Arkfall Source: Arkfall
“Powerlessness is such a lure, such a poisonous lure.” IndependenceSelf RelianceSelf Doubt Book:Halfway Human Source: Halfway Human
“I knew I was really there, because I was the thing his arms encircled, the thing his love defined.” LoveRelationshipsPhysical Closeness Book:Halfway Human Source: Halfway Human
“Let’s sing of the lightbeam journey Of the man who was not a man Sent by the Whispering Kindom To search the sky for ghosts. How did he find the way? He followed the poison papers, He followed the scent of secrets He followed the footsteps of ashes, Retracing the path of exile. Can reversing exile set it right?” FictionFantasyFantasy QuotesNovelette Book:Exile's End Source: Exile's End
“He came to the prison of ghosts; For Hoarder people do not free their dead. Their feet fall heavy, weighted by the past They do not hear the spirits cry for freedom They heap up secrets in an archive And lock the doors to keep them in. How do you free a ghost?” FictionFantasyNovelette Book:Exile's End Source: Exile's End
“How do you lose your name? When people stop telling your story. Why must we tell our story? Because others start telling it for us.” FictionFantasyNovelette Book:Exile's End Source: Exile's End
“I'm perfectly natural the way I am. Why can't you humans ever understand that I might not want to be afflicted with gender?” Self LoveGenderBorn This WayEmbrace Who You AreAgenderGender Neutrality Book:Halfway Human Source: Halfway Human
“To die this way seems so random, so trivial. I have been robbed of meaning before being robbed of life. To die in darkness, alone -- for what purpose was I ever alive. It is as if I emerged from darkness into delusion, then sank back into darkness forever.” DeathDarknessIsolationLife Meaning Book:Dark Orbit Source: Dark Orbit