Becky Chambers

“Owl had been good to her. She stayed on the screen by the bed all day, and she taught Jane about something…

— Becky Chambers

“There were few things Dr. Chef enjoyed more than a cup of tea. He made tea for the crew every day at…

— Becky Chambers

“I can wait for the galaxy outside to get a little kinder.”

— Becky Chambers

“He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like…

— Becky Chambers

“We hail from systems that remained self-contained for billions of years, with evolutionary clocks that all began at different times. How is…

— Becky Chambers

“The stronger belief would survive, the weaker would be erased. This was how harmony was made. He should have killed her. Striker…

— Becky Chambers

“If you know what you’d like—’ ‘I do.’ Pepper nodded seriously. ‘I’d like the left side of the menu, please.”

— Becky Chambers

“She felt as though she could reach out to that little girl and pull her through the years. Look, she’d say. Look…

— Becky Chambers

“She was glad to have met someone who liked to read.”

— Becky Chambers

“I love learning. I love history. But there's history in everything. Every building, everybody you talk to. It's not limited to libraries…

— Becky Chambers

“Ninety percent of all problems are caused by people being assholes.” “What causes the other ten percent?” asked Kizzy. “Natural disasters,”

— Becky Chambers

“And for the first time ever, I didn’t want a brother anymore, because I finally had one.”

— Becky Chambers

“All of you do this. Every organic sapient I’ve ever talked to, every book I’ve read, every piece of art I’ve studied.…

— Becky Chambers

“Archivists were passionate people, some of whom dedicated their whole lives to the pursuit of unbiased truth. Given the wealth of information…

— Becky Chambers

“Like many lifelong spacers, Ashby didn't care much for heights on land. Looking down at a planet from orbit was no problem,…

— Becky Chambers

“As long as I have food in my belly and can buy dumb stuff to decorate my house with, it doesn’t matter…

— Becky Chambers

“The Wane was a fair price to pay for enlightenment. Even”

— Becky Chambers

“If you understand that robots' lack of purpose - our refusal of your purpose - is the crowning mark of our intellectual…

— Becky Chambers

“There are few better ways to get to know how a species thinks than to learn their art.”

— Becky Chambers

“The only reason Humans stopped killing each other to the extent that you used to, I think, is because your planet died…

— Becky Chambers

“Building wormholes was not a glamorous profession”

— Becky Chambers

“They were reminders of what a fragile thing it was to be alive.”

— Becky Chambers

“Most sapients confuse working hard with being miserable.”

— Becky Chambers

“Every shop and stall in the caves had different lighting mechanisms to help distinguish themselves from the others. The caves were a…

— Becky Chambers

“in that moment, she could feel a bridge stretching between her as she was right then – giggling and gasping in a…

— Becky Chambers