Becky Chambers

"She would never, ever understand the idea that a child, especially an infant, was of more value than an adult who had already gained all the skills needed to benefit the community. The death of potential was somehow worse than a loss of achievement and knowledge was something she had never been able to wrap her brain around."

"Feelings are relative. And at the root, they're all the same, even if they grow from different experiences and exist on different scales."