Above them, stars shine in constellations that Jenny recognizes from the ceiling of her father's house, the ones Mom and Dad helped her put up when she was in third grade. Constellations with names like Fire Truck and Ladybug Come Home, constellations that you won't find in any astronomer's catalogue.

~ Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee Astronomy Constellations Stars

Once a woman put her hand in a gate and it ate her fingers. A five-legged spider with red eyes crawled out. That woman put in three fingers from her other hand, so that the spider might be complete. Do you have that integrity of purpose, sister?

~ Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee Balance Integrity Sacrifice

What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities?

~ Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee Possibilities Possibility Probabilities Probability Shadows