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Yoon Ha Lee quotes: You can learn about how people think by playing with their lives, but that's inhumane.

You can learn about how people think by playing with their lives, but that's inhumane.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: Dead is dead, Cheris. Do you think it makes any difference whether you're killed by a knife in the back or a bullet?

Dead is dead, Cheris. Do you think it makes any difference whether you're killed by a knife in the back or a bullet?

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: We are creatures of fire and water. We wither under a surfeit of light as readily as we wither beneath drowned hopes.

We are creatures of fire and water. We wither under a surfeit of light as readily as we wither beneath drowned hopes.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities?

What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities?

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: This time they're making sure they can hold what they take: conquest is always easier than subjugation.

This time they're making sure they can hold what they take: conquest is always easier than subjugation.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: The silence could have swallowed a star.

The silence could have swallowed a star.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: The problem with authority is that if you leave it lying around, others will take it away from you.

The problem with authority is that if you leave it lying around, others will take it away from you.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: Taking away people's names denied their power, a lesson Cheris tried not to think about.

Taking away people's names denied their power, a lesson Cheris tried not to think about.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: She said you are not the sum of your loyalties, you are the sum of your choices.

She said you are not the sum of your loyalties, you are the sum of your choices.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: How in the name of ash and talon did that fucking Vidona fit a fucking fungal canister on a fucking bannermoth?

How in the name of ash and talon did that fucking Vidona fit a fucking fungal canister on a fucking bannermoth?

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: The man doesn't look like he belongs in a world of parking tickets and potted begonias and pencil sharpeners. But he can learn, the way you have.

The man doesn't look like he belongs in a world of parking tickets and potted begonias and pencil sharpeners. But he can learn, the way you have.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: The archtraitor and madman Shuos Jedao had appeared as a Ninefox Crowned with Eyes, visionary and strategist, but had proved to be an Immolation Fox.

The archtraitor and madman Shuos Jedao had appeared as a Ninefox Crowned with Eyes, visionary and strategist, but had proved to be an Immolation Fox.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: I do my job," Mikodez said, "because after all the trouble I went to get it, it would be irresponsible not to." He

I do my job," Mikodez said, "because after all the trouble I went to get it, it would be irresponsible not to." He

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: You always have a choice," Jedao said. "It's just that most of them are bad.

You always have a choice," Jedao said. "It's just that most of them are bad.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: There are too many shapes of love to be counted. One of them is forgiveness.

There are too many shapes of love to be counted. One of them is forgiveness.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: The point of war is to rig the deck, drug the opponent, and threaten to kneecap their family if they don't fold.

The point of war is to rig the deck, drug the opponent, and threaten to kneecap their family if they don't fold.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: (Cabbages were a Kel idiosyncrasy. They were adamant about their spiced cabbage pickles.) Appearance-wise

(Cabbages were a Kel idiosyncrasy. They were adamant about their spiced cabbage pickles.) Appearance-wise

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: All communication is manipulation," Jedao said. "You're a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.

All communication is manipulation," Jedao said. "You're a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: Because war is about people," Jedao said. "Even when you're killing them.

Because war is about people," Jedao said. "Even when you're killing them.

Yoon Ha Lee quotes: Remember that despite the fact that I'm a traitor and mass murderer, one of us is expendable, and it isn't me.

Remember that despite the fact that I'm a traitor and mass murderer, one of us is expendable, and it isn't me.