“Magic was just something people liked to believe in, something they thought they could feel or sense, something that made everything more than just mechanical certainty. Something that made them more than flesh and bone.” — 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… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“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.… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“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
“The universe was a vast expanse, far greater than he could ever conceive, and he had seen but a fraction of an inch of… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
