“The whole book is about how we should try to find rules other people can't reasonably reject, and then he ends it by saying, "The search for how to find these rules will go on forever." I proposed a rule that Chidis shouldn't be allowed to leave because it would make Eleanors sad. And I could do this forever, zip you around the universe showing you cool stuff... and I'd still never find the justification for getting you to stay. Because it's a selfish rule. I owe it to you to let you go.”
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“Janet: What do you think happens when people walk through the door? It's the only thing in the universe I don't know.
Eleanor: I don't know either. The wave returns to the ocean. What the ocean does with the water after that is anyone's guess. But as a very wise not-robot once told me, the true joy's in the mystery.”
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Eleanor: I don't know either. The wave returns to the ocean. What the ocean does with the water after that is anyone's guess. But as a very wise not-robot once told me, the true joy's in the mystery.”
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“ورغم أنه أدرك القاع، إلا أن قلبه ما زال يهوي.”
― حارس سطح العالم
― حارس سطح العالم
“Jason: I know, but I wanted to see you again. It was actually pretty easy to wait. I just sort of sat quietly and let my mind drift away. Thought about you and the infinity of the universe.
Janet: Kind of like a monk.”
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Janet: Kind of like a monk.”
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“كل إنسان يطلق صفة الهمجيّ على كل ما هو غير معتاد عليه، ليس لدينا معيار آخر للحقيقة والعقل سوى مثال وصيغة آراء عادات بلدنا. هناك نجد دوماً الدين الكامل , ونظام الحكم الكامل, والطريقة الكاملة الأكثر تطوراً لفعل أي شيء!”
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