Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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The sheer volume of bad news had gotten beyond anybody’s ability to process into a narrative.
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Worry is often a symptom of imperfect information.
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“Oh,” Patricia said. “Then I’m a witch. I guess.” “Ah.” The eagle’s hooked beak clicked. “But you will have to prove it. Or both you and Dirrp will be punished.
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Genres are like the surface of the ocean. There are waves and things moving, but you don't instantly see all the reefs and ecosystems that's happening beneath the surface.
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Live every day as if you've come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking.
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Serafina was late for dinner because her emotional robots had been having a nervous breakdown.
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Discovering a new phobia was like the opposite of falling in love.
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People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way that's harder to get in and understand what processes are going on.
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And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we’ve grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled.
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A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn't know it yet.
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“Behold,” Isobel said, “a single-stage Earth-to-orbit rocket. I drove all the way from Virginia just to help with this. My boyfriend is crazy jealous.
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As far as we know, we’re the only intelligent, technological civilization ever to develop, in the entire universe. There’s complex life all over the place, but we’re still basically unique. We have a fucking duty to preserve that. At all costs.” Laurence”
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“My god,” Mr. Rose was saying loud enough to ring through the crowded hallway. “What have you done?
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Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answers.
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Every human can be a wizard.
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He went to make coffee. Because when you have just heard about the possible transformation of the human race into feral monsters you need to be doing something with your hands and creating something hot and comforting for another person.
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I mean, we're grown-ups now. Allegedly. And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we've grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled. I think it's probably healthy. I mean, little kids don't have to make decisions, unless something's very wrong. Maybe you can't make up your mind as easily, if you feel too much. You know?
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I remember you said, ‘The truth should hurt. Truth should knock you on your butt. Lies make it easy to stand.
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We don’t need better emotional communication from machines. We need people to have more empathy. The reason the Uncanny Valley exists is because humans created it to put other people into. It’s how we justify killing each other.
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Hernan always says that a perfect moment of beauty can last forever. But maybe some moments are so ugly that they never end, either. All you can do is be patient with yourself.
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He couldn't believe that his last words on Earth would be "she's my rocket ship
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Self-awareness paradoxically requires an awareness of the other.
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We could not ‘break’ nature if we spent a million years trying. This planet is a speck, and we are specks on a speck. But our little habitat is fragile, and we cannot live without it.
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“No,” the bird said. “Please! Don’t lock me up. I would prefer you just kill me now.