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It was much, much worse at night.

— Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss

But humans were full of rights, and very short on responsibilities.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

But in the fullness of time, highly trained professionals in small groups still behave just like real people.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

The universe is not here for our convenience alone. If we assume it is simply our larder, we shall starve. If we think that damage we cannot see cannot cause harm, we shall be poisoned.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

Something went clack against the hull.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

Governments had always made use of cheap, effective terrorism when it suited them.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

But she was damned if one more agricorporation was going to tell her what she could plant and grow and eat.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

I’m an old-fashioned girl. I like my computing in my pocket.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

The bot was immune to the snow, and so was Aras.

— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

This is the cost of inflating prices and artificially creating demand. It all works beautifully, until it doesn’t.

— Babel : Or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang