Jane

“Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.”
― David Brin, Earth

“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog, and drive cars in it. We breathe it deep within us. With every breath, we inhale millions of molecules of sky, heat them briefly, and then exhale them back into the world.”
― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

“There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.”
― Isaac Asimov, The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

“Reality is not always probable, or likely.”
― Jorge Luis Borges