Emma Newman Quotes

Guilt sometimes comes from stupid places.

There’s no sound except the wildlife staking out territories and calling for a mate. The sounds are different here than on Earth, but the purpose seems the same. “This is my patch!” they scream. “I want sex! Come and shag me! I’ll give you strong babies.” It’s the same stuff humans say most of the time. We just dress those needs up in fancier linguistic clothes.

It’s no easier to climb down than it is to go up. It just torments a different set of muscles.

He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud.

I know enough to never take journalists at their word.

I’m not going to let that stupid, crazy woman convince everyone that doing this to me is God’s work! She’s just bored and if they knew—

Nobody does emotional distancing from reprehensible behavior better than the British, after all.

That’s the trouble with these violent mersives: once the limbic system gets involved my higher cognitive functions are screwed.

That’s the trouble with all these bloody lawyers. They build in the loopholes when they’re on the right gov-corp committees so they can exploit them later.

Do you still shout at people when they talk about their faith?
I shake my head. "I grew out of that. Now I mostly let them damn themselves with their own ignorance."

Once you let someone into the building it’s harder to keep them out of all the rooms.

All too easy to find the needle when you know exactly where to look in the haystack.

I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.

It’s the first rule of any change to a licensing agreement: it’s not for the benefit of the end user, no matter what they say.

He’s trying to get me to confess some fictional problem to him and I won’t fall for it.