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> [“Immortality didn’t turn you into a monster. It merely showed you what kind of monster you already were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/immortality-didn-t-turn-you-into-a-monster-it-merely-showed-you-what/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

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## More by Yoon Ha Lee

> [“There’s no honor,” she said. “Only duty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/there-s-no-honor-she-said-only-duty/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“I do my job,” Mikodez said, “because after all the trouble I went to get it, it would be irresponsible not to.” He”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/i-do-my-job-mikodez-said-because-after-all-the-trouble-i-went-to-get/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“Immortality didn’t turn you into a monster. It merely showed you what kind of monster you already were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/immortality-didn-t-turn-you-into-a-monster-it-merely-showed-you-what/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“the value of a game is in abstraction. Many Nirai go in for simulationist approaches, a tendency you share, but sometimes you learn more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/the-value-of-a-game-is-in-abstraction-many-nirai-go-in-for/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“But then, war is about taking the future away from people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/but-then-war-is-about-taking-the-future-away-from-people/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“When he sounds sane and the rest of the world doesn’t, you know it’s time to pull the trigger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/when-he-sounds-sane-and-the-rest-of-the-world-doesn-t-you-know-it-s/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“Blue stands for many things at the end of time: for the forgotten, blazing blue stars of aeons past; the antithesis of redshift, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/blue-stands-for-many-things-at-the-end-of-time-for-the-forgotten/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“How in the name of ash and talon did that fucking Vidona fit a fucking fungal canister on a fucking bannermoth?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/how-in-the-name-of-ash-and-talon-did-that-fucking-vidona-fit-a/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“(Cabbages were a Kel idiosyncrasy. They were adamant about their spiced cabbage pickles.) Appearance-wise”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/cabbages-were-a-kel-idiosyncrasy-they-were-adamant-about-their-spiced/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“Never ascribe to irrational benevolence what selfishness will explain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/never-ascribe-to-irrational-benevolence-what-selfishness-will-explain/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“Some of the soldiers made disparaging comments about the fact that he was a womanform when they thought he couldn’t hear them. But his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/some-of-the-soldiers-made-disparaging-comments-about-the-fact-that-he/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“The point of war is to rig the deck, drug the opponent, and threaten to kneecap their family if they don’t fold,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/the-point-of-war-is-to-rig-the-deck-drug-the-opponent-and-threaten-to/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“I’m not a linguist, but do you ever think there’s something wrong with the things we do and don’t have words for?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/i-m-not-a-linguist-but-do-you-ever-think-there-s-something-wrong-with/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“One day the rotting remains of their libraries will disintegrate so completely that they will be indistinguishable from the world’s wrack of stray eddies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/one-day-the-rotting-remains-of-their-libraries-will-disintegrate-so/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

> [“History forgives the winner a lot of things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoon-ha-lee/history-forgives-the-winner-a-lot-of-things/)

[Yoon Ha Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoon-ha-lee/)

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