"A Vast Machine watched and evaluated them, remembering their past actions and predicting their future behavior."

“Her face kept changing and that bothered me as well. Why were human beings so unstable? The door and the curtains and the supply cabinet didn't continually change their appearance.'”

“Political affiliation is not a relevant part of this decision; privacy and personal freedom should be fundamental right for everyone.”

“All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear.”

“Most conscious thought is simply an attempt to claim ‘authorship’ for a choice that has already been made. Our thoughts are just an ongoing attempt to explain what we’ve already decided.”

“No machine can daydream. When they’re not switched on, they’re as cold as a toaster in a midnight kitchen.”

“Bland is the truest expression of an advanced civilization. It took a great deal of money to create this pocket of cool, calm bland among the rickshaw men and the beggar children tapping on the car windows.”