“The rules are there so that we can remember them and follow them. If the rules were obvious, we wouldn't have to write them down.”

“The monsters want to talk, to share what happened. They want me to remember and write it all down.”

“Plants, animals, men, angels, then God. Difference between men and angels is that men are stuck in a body. They feel pain, hunger, and thirst...But me and you, we don't have to feel them things...We can turn off the human condition.So maybe we're closer to the angels, you know? Creatures of the mind. A higher morality.The machine takes us deeper into our souls. That far inside, we're capable of anything. Way beyond right or wrong.”

“Humans are inscrutable. Infinitely unpredictable. This is what makes them dangerous.”

“These tools we love so much have burrowed under our skin like parasites...Making us smarter and stronger and always, always more dependent.”

“Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.”

“People need meaning as much as they need air. Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.”