Science Fiction Ya Quotes

“She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.”
― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion

“I didn't realise how important the sky was until I didn't have one”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“... But my voice is too soft. The wind picks up my words and swallows them whole.”
― Hafsah Laziaf, Unbreathable

“Matter and energy are equivalent, according to the equation E=mc2, where E stand for energy, m for mass and c for the speed of light,' 'Merapa explained. 'Matter can't be transported at the speed of light but energy can. Therefore, during a time shift transformation, matter is converted to energy then condenses back. In other words all the molecules in your body have been changed from matter to energy then back again.'
'Wow. It's a wonder it's not fatal,' Dirck said.
'Sometimes it is. If any transcription errors occur between the DNA and RNA in your vital organs you're all but dead.”
― Marcha A. Fox, Beyond the Hidden Sky

“[Psi waves travel far and wide
Faster than the speed of light
Limitless is their domain
Time does not their rate detain.]”
― Marcha A. Fox, Beyond the Hidden Sky

“The last time I said those words, was before I destroyed half of a planet. I've, I've never 'saved' anyone before.”
― Sarina J. Senger, Beings Beyond Earth

“Red, orange and green geometric designs painted its body as well as the flimsy collar around its neck. The creature flicked its tail and blinked its deep-set eyes, apparently oblivious to their presence.
"That's a yraglian lizards," Deven whispered. "We need to stay back. They smell really bad if you upset them. I mean, really, really bad."
Dirck nodded, unsurprised that the first native creature he encountered on Cyraria represented it so well.”
― Marcha A. Fox, A Dark of Endless Days

“The last time I said those words, was before I destroyed half of a planet. I've, I've never 'saved' anyone before.”
― Eddibon