Paul Kitcatt > Quotes

“They say when the angels play for God, they play Bach, but when they play for each other, they play Mozart.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“What gets imagined is what then gets done. Science fiction writers imagine the future long before it comes to pass.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“It’s not long since they counted those with darker skin as less than human, as tradeable goods. It makes no sense. Even less when you consider they used the dead bodies of people with dark skin for medical dissection, and learnt much about human anatomy from them. If they knew they were the same under the skin – to the extent that they could learn about their common humanity from what they found there – how could they then attach so much importance to what they knew to be a surface feature?”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“Humans are creatures of memory. They love their fond recollections, and even their painful ones. They revisit them and revise them. It makes them who they are. Or they choose who they are through the memories they decide to keep.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“Most of the time, it seems humans don’t look any deeper than the outside of things. Which, of course, is how they are fooled by me and my kind.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“When they’re young, their books have actual pictures. Then when they’re older, the words must make pictures in their heads. This is why metaphors matter too.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“It had crossed my mind she might be a Helper too. Then I had a terrible thought, which I’m ashamed to admit. Namely, why would they make a robot slightly overweight and in such poorly fitting clothes? It seems the nanobots can make me better, but not a better person.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You

“Every human will want what we offer. A human-like Helper to do all their work. A sexual partner, a labourer, a companion who would never say no to any request. Plus a team of tiny robots, repairing all the damage of the years, of the abuse and neglect humans wreak on their bodies. Everything has a price, though. You let us in. Remember that.”
― Paul Kitcatt, We Care For You