Paulette Compton

“We were a bunch of primates who had gotten together and, against all odds, built a wondrous civilization. But paradoxically—tragically—our creation’s complexity had now far outstripped our brains’ ability to manage it.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade

“Yeah. You gotta be careful. Over here, the men lie and they die.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Women

“If I lose the ability to hurt, I also lose my grasp on joy—those brief moments of contentment that make consciousness worth the voyage.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade

“If nothing changes, we will die off for the stupidest reason imaginable—because we refused, for so many childish reasons, to do the obvious things that would save us.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade