Duncan

“The machines had been in control of the Solar System for so long that there were whole elements of robot society who couldn’t believe humans had ever been a dominant species. The nearest thing the Earth had to an official record of the time before the toasters had vomited their last pop tarts was the Internet. But that, they argued, was hardly a reliable source. Even if it weren’t treason to access it in the first place, who could trust a repository of linked information that rewrote itself, and set so much store by talking cats?”
― Chris McCrudden, Battlestar Suburbia

“The two agents exchanged a look that was like stepping on a LEGO—quick and unpleasant.”
― Scott Meyer, Spell or High Water

“In late December they embarked on an even more elaborate pas de deux when almost simultaneously the two men began to confide in separate journals, confidences nevertheless designed to be secretly read by each other.”
― Sarah Knights, Bloomsbury's Outsider: A Life of David Garnett

“You can be cynical if you want.” “I am.” “But cynicism doesn’t accomplish anything.” “Untrue,” I say. “Cynicism saves lives.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son