I’ve been thinking about it, since you said it,” said Garden. No, said Mercy of Karl. “And I’ve concluded that I don’t want to be a captain. But I find I like the thought that I could be.

— Ann Leckie

Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I'm not sure it's possible to have too many of them.

— Ann Leckie

Please, sir.” Disarray seemed not to have heard either of them. “We can’t leave things the way they are, and I have an idea.” That got the translator’s full attention. She looked up from the game, frowned intently at Disarray. “What’s it like? Does it hurt?” Disarray only blinked at her. “Sometimes I think I might like to get an idea, but then it occurs to me that it’s exactly the sort of thing Clique would do.

— Ann Leckie

Ships have feelings.

— Ann Leckie

The gender thing is a giveaway, though. Only a Rachael would cisgender people the way you do." I'd guessed wrong. "I can't see under your clothes. And even if I could, that's not always a reliable indicator.

— Ann Leckie

The point is, there is no point. Choose your own!

— Ann Leckie

The problem is knowing when what you are about to do will make a difference. I’m not only speaking of the small actions that, cumulatively, over time, or in great numbers, alter the course of events in ways too chaotic or subtle to trace ... if everyone were to consider all the possible consequences of all one’s possible choices, no one would move a millimeter, or even dare to breathe for fear of the ultimate results.

— Ann Leckie

The single word that directs a person’s fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact with is of course a common subject of entertainments and moralizing stories, but if everyone were to consider all the possible consequences of all one’s possible choices, no one would move a millimeter, or even dare to breathe for fear of the ultimate results.

— Ann Leckie

Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings.

— Ann Leckie

What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?

— Ann Leckie