The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig

How can you bear to see tragedy coming and not try to stop it? p47

I've always tried to resemble a brave man. p51

And I was still trying to find the words for what I wanted. Pettite amie, doost dokgthoram, girlfriend... that work fell flat in any language I knew, and "wife" was too weighty for this effervescent feeling-- like Coca-Cola, like champagne. But when I'd fallen, she had jumped, and inshallah, I had a chance to now say the things I should have said long ago. All I had to do was be brave. p52

I love everything about Bee and Ayen's relationship (except that Ayen was murdered.)

"But I want one of these." He plucked something at random from the shelf-- a plush doll of a white cat in a red dress-- and his expression turned from credible to puzzled. "What the devil?" p61

Although she did not speak, this was not the silence of still waters, but that of a gathering storm. p63

"Paradises are generally god-given. Utopias are man-made." p95

"When a captain goes down with his ship, it isn't because he doesn't know how to swim." p301

History and Time

"All myths have versions," I said with a shrug. "I mean, in some stories her name isn't Dahut, it's Ahes. That's one of the things that makes it a myth. It's only once everyone agrees on one version of the past that it becomes history." p96
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"Miss Song mentioned alternative universes." He sighed, wistful. "Imagine if we could go back and forth between them, picking the best outcome each time."

I raised an eyebrow. "The best outcome for who?" p217
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"What is history but a fable agreed upon?" I said softly-- the words were Napoleon's. p247

History is indeed written by the victors-- or more accurately, the dominant culture-- and even primary documents can be influenced by the worldview of their authors. p447

Casual gender- affirmation

"What was their name?" p102


Typo found

Had Crohurst truly seem [sic] the future? p396

Some say he was a hero, others that he was a demon, still others than [sic] he was a god.

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