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“Sometimes, I used to sit under the sky, on a clear night, and gaze at the stars, saying, in my croaky voice: 'Lord, if you're up there somewhere, and you aren't too busy, come and say a few words to me, because I'm very lonely and it would make me so happy.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“I had in my hands the most precious of treasures, a spring from which to drink the knowledge of that world to which I would never have access.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“It is impossible to predict what might happen in a world where you don't know the rules.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“But human beings need to speak, otherwise they lose their humanity, as I've realized these past few years.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“All right," I said, still wishing we could talk about Zima rather than me. "But what practical difference does it make whether the artificial memory is inside my head or outside?"
"All the difference in the world," Zima said. "The memories stored in the AM are fixed for eternity. You can query it as often as you like, but it will never enhance or omit a single detail. But the implants work differently. They're designed to integrate seamlessly with biological memory, to the point where the recipient can't tell the difference. For that very reason they're necessarily plastic, malleable, subject to error and distortion."
"Fallible," I said.
"But without fallibility there is no art. And without art there is no truth.”
― Zima Blue and Other Stories
"All the difference in the world," Zima said. "The memories stored in the AM are fixed for eternity. You can query it as often as you like, but it will never enhance or omit a single detail. But the implants work differently. They're designed to integrate seamlessly with biological memory, to the point where the recipient can't tell the difference. For that very reason they're necessarily plastic, malleable, subject to error and distortion."
"Fallible," I said.
"But without fallibility there is no art. And without art there is no truth.”
― Zima Blue and Other Stories
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