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December 22, 2022 by achrilock

“‘But surely,’ I admonished, ‘God is a duck.’”
— Ann Leckie, ‘Ancillary Sword’

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https://achrilock.com/2022/12/2229/

November 14, 2022 by achrilock

“An expression flashed across Anaander’s face. Fear, maybe. Or possibly anger. ‘All right, Station. But we’ll be discussing this further.’
‘If you like,’ said Station, bland as always.”
— Ann Leckie, ‘Ancillary Mercy’

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https://achrilock.com/2022/11/1643/

October 21, 2022 by achrilock

“Entertainments nearly always end with triumph or disaster—happiness achieved, or total, tragic defeat precluding any hope of it. But there is always more after the ending—always the next morning and the next, always changes, losses and gains. Always one step after the other. Until the one true ending that none of us can escape. But even that ending is only a small one, large as it looms for us. There is still the next morning for everyone else. For the vast majority of the rest of the universe, that ending might as well not ever have happened. Every ending is an arbitrary one. Every ending is, from another angle, not really an ending.”
— Ann Leckie, ‘Ancillary Mercy’

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https://achrilock.com/2022/10/1148/