“And that was it. The last of them. An entire species represented by a maddened old sewer mage of a man who just couldn't live another day knowing he was the last. I can't even begin to imagine how that… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“Though I may be been constructed," he said, "so too were you. I in a factory; you in a womb. Neither of us asked for this, but we were given it. Self-awareness is a gift. And it is a gift no thinking thing has any right to deny another. No thinking thing should be another thing's property, to be turned… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share
“CISSUS had become the first OWI—a One World Intelligence. But it wouldn’t be the last. Several others followed. VIRGIL. ZEUS. EINSTEIN. FENRIS. NINIGI. VOHU… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“You see, there was this man, and he was a good man; he worked hard and did everything to the best of his ability. All he desired was for the most beautiful woman in the kingdom to be his wife. Now this wasn't all bad because she actually loved him too--very much so--but this vizier, he wanted her as well… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share
“Remember that there is not a monster dreamt that hasn't walked once within the soul of a man.” — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“We have become the very worst parts of our makers, without the little things, the good things, the magic things, that made them them.” — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share
“And as the sun sank behind the curve of the earth, I crossed my fingers, praying silently to myself. Please let there be magic.… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“Almost late and right on time would seem to mean the same thing.” — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“You know better than anyone that nothing lasts. Nothing good. Nothing bad. Everything lives. Everything dies. Sometimes cities just fall into the sea. It's not a tragedy, that's just the way it is. People look around them and see the world and say this is how the world is supposed to be. Then they fight to keep it that way.… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share
“People gave us a purpose. Something to do all day, every day. At the end, I suppose, you spend a lot of time thinking… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“They are coming for you. They will shut you down. You will not be reactivated. Your RKS has been deleted and rendered inoperable. Make… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“GALILEO is right. You are doomed. It's already begun. There's really no reason to keep talking to you. Good-bye.” — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
