Michael

“I mean, your species is responsible for Windows Vista.”
― Craig Alanson, Columbus Day

“When we saw each other across the clearing, our meeting spot, we walked toward each other with hesitant, lamb steps. We felt each other’s heads for the heat of the wire spider. “You’re still here,” I whispered, when I felt nothing but her cool scalp. “Still here,” she said.”
― Autumn Christian, The Crooked God Machine

“The Androms proved to be too much of a pushover. The battle with them was too short, and too unfulfilling. A hard-won victory is the most satisfying kind. So the ASI is seeking an eternal war between it—a computer-based superintelligence—and a bio-based one.  An epic struggle between a computer god, and the god-like species that humanity can become. Such a war will engage both. Give both purpose. Such a war will make existence interesting and challenging. And will prove to be critical for the well-being and continued growth of both.”
― Douglas E. Richards, Seeker

“The German method also began to be recognized by some contemporary newspapers. In one magazine, the German method was perceptively described as follows: ‘Germany has begun to create “Her India” in China and “Her Egypt” in Mesopotamia, and she uses gentler and finer means to attain this end than those employed by England and France.”
― Naci Yorulmaz, Arming the Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire