“...it changes the central fact of the human condition: that each of us lives behind one set of eyes, and not another; that our own pain is an agony, and another's pain only an abstraction we believe in by an… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“Feel no regret for roses, autumn too has its delights...How could she say that? Didn't she see that for us there could never be autumn, that we could never sit, as anyone else could sit, beside the fire all day on Sundays in November; that September's leaves, that fall for man and beast alike, were not our leaves to walk… — Raphael Carter Copy Share
“...you think cabling is unnatural--that's what your arguments all come down to. But it's not. Not between people that really fit. Maya, do you have any idea how unlikely it is that two structures as complex as minds could be joined like that? It's like picking up two stones at random and discovering that they fit together perfectly. It isn't… — Raphael Carter Copy Share
“I want to tell you that it's horrible. I want to tell you that being suppressed makes every moment of existence a torment, because maybe that would help--but it would be a lie. In fact, the most horrible thing is how easy it is to slide into contentment, how hard it is to nourish anger or regret. If you lose… — Raphael Carter Copy Share
“...if you can achieve total intimacy with a piece of cable that costs fifty-nine kopeks, what good is it? How can you say you… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“You think we have a connection because of all the things you've sucked out of my mind by screening, but that isn't real. Trust comes when you've worked with someone for years; it doesn't speed up just because you can think fast, and it doesn't materialize when you stick a cable in someone's head. What you get from screening me… — Raphael Carter Copy Share
“...it changes the central fact of the human condition: that each of us lives behind one set of eyes, and not another; that our… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“We need them? Is that the best reason you can come up with? He laughed, a rasping, mechanical sound. "The kings of the ocean… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“I had recognized her. They had tried to tear her out, but she had lived in me--deep in my heart and secret, nameless and… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“I'd caught what cameras call an updraft: just as the viewers got over the first rush of interest, others smelled the excitement and tuned… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“The mind has doors...even as the body does. And when you drill new holes, you tap old hungers.” — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“..you can't just break through a person's defenses like thatl the defenses are a part of the person, they are the person. It's our… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
“First the bugs divide your mind into parcels that are almost independent--I always picture paper growing up between the wrinkles of the brain like… — Raphael Carter Copy Share Image
