Every other thought drained out of his head—they were dull anyway; with a sudden jolt, he recognized them as things he’d thought thousands of times before. How boring to have the same thoughts about how you were a stain on the universe for
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“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
“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
“And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.
—The Creation of Éa”
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Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.
—The Creation of Éa”
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“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
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