“In the nineteen years since then, I had learned eleven languages and 713 songs. I had found ways to conceal what I waseven, I was fairly sure, from the Lord of the Radch herself. I had worked as a ...”

“Ships have feelings.”

“If thats what youre willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love?”

“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...”

“The single word that directs a persons fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact with is of course a common subject of entertainments and moralizing stories, but if everyone were ...”

“Good necessitates evil.”

“Trees are where Nature has simply begun”

“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”

“May Light always surround you;Hope kindle and rebound you.May your Hurts turn to Healing;Your Heart embrace Feeling.May Wounds become Wisdom;Every Kindness a Prism.May Laughter infect you;Your Pass...”

“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.”

“I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose.”

“Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings.”