She wanted to believe, afterwards, that she wouldn’t have said the curse if she’d known that it would work. She loved Argent more than she hated him, even in the moment. But oh—she wanted so much for the words to hurt him a little, to stick
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“I said, "Sometimes people do things to you that you can't do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.”
― Artificial Condition
― Artificial Condition
“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“Or Miki was a bot who had never been abused or lied to or treated with anything but indulgent kindness. It really thought its humans were its friends, because that’s how they treated it. I signaled Miki I would be withdrawing for one minute. I needed to have an emotion in private.”
― Rogue Protocol
― Rogue Protocol
“Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas. (Yes, that was sarcasm.)”
― Rogue Protocol
― Rogue Protocol
“I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
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