Every world-destroying project disrupts something intimate, tangible, and Indigenous, - Louise Erdrich

I already knew, too, that these questions would not change the facts. But they would inevitably change the way we sought justice.

"We'd better get there soon," said Corwin. "They're probably building new streets in Paris right this minute."
"What if I don't want to, being a lesbian?"
Corwin fell silent; after a while he spoke.
"So you think it might be permanent?"

Because everything was alive, responsive in its own way, capable of being hurt in its own way, capable of punishment in its own way, Zhaanat’s thinking was built on treating everything around her with great care.