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I, Robot
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“Well, I’ve been called a robot myself. Surely, they’ve told you I’m not human.”
“the desire to get every last bit out, every last thank you, every last I’m sorry.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“I don’t want to have to bounce back. Why hurt when you can just avoid it all in the first place?”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“Did I get lonely? Of course, but those bouts of loneliness passed quickly, and I could always find comfort in my own company. Alice told me this is a strength that many people don’t have. The need for conformity and for the attention of others can lead to a life of misery.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“...a drowning nihilism, a cycle of thinking there's no point, what's the point, there's no point to anything. I want there to be a point, even if I do not know, for now, what that point is.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“It seems unfair that time is almost up for me just when I’m finding true happiness again, but time is never a friend to the sick or the old.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
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