“Do you still think Mianaai controls the Radchaai through brainwashing or threats of execution? Those are there, they exist, yes, but most Radchaai, like people most places I have been, do what they’re supposed to because they believe it’s the right thing to do. No one likes killing people.”Strigan made a sardonic noise "No one?""Not many," I amended. "Not enough to fill the Radch's warships".”
“Do you still think Mianaai controls the Radchaai through brainwashing or threats of execution? Those are there, they exist, yes, but most Radchaai, like people most places I have been, do what they’re supposed to because they believe it’s the right thing to do. No one likes killing people.”Strigan made a sardonic noise "No one?""Not many," I amended. "Not enough to fill the Radch's warships".”
Ann Leckie
“Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure.”
Ann Leckie“I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it.”
Ann Leckie“What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?”
Ann Leckie“Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I'm note sure it's possible to have too many of them.”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice“The point is, there is no point. Choose your own!”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy“Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice“You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you. So easy to be all those things, when all the power is on your side”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword“The gender thing is a giveaway, though. Only a Radchaai would misgender people the way you do."I'd guessed wrong. "I can't see under your clothes. And even if I could, that's not always a reliable indicator.”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice“It all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe planet goes around the sunIt all goes aroundMy mother said it all goes aroundIt all goes aroundThe ship goes around the station”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword“...if anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way.”
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