“Now you're being sentimental, Marija. You shouldn't waste your pity on machines! If you want to pity someone, pity the poor guestworker who's chucked out of the territory when they build a robot to do his job! Pity the janitors,… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“The Holy ... Machine ?" I mumbled. "Yes." She gave a little laugh. "A great miracle. He is a kind of robot, but God… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Nothing looks more lovely than something that’s about to end, and that’s true even if you yourself are going to be the cause of… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Terrible things are done in the name of religion, without a doubt, but it was not religion but science that brought the world itself… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Now you're being sentimental, Marija. You shouldn't waste your pity on machines! If you want to pity someone, pity the poor guestworker who's chucked… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Which is the more useful, the scientific world-view, with all its wonderful technical miracles, or the religious world-view, with its sense of purpose and… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“It was one of those moments when you wonder whether there is some kind of big misunderstanding and really this is all just a… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Why do we struggle so much? Why do we demand so much of life, when the happiest moments are when nothing is happening at… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“Watch out for men who want to turn everything into a story that’s all about them. There will always be a few of them,… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
