She was my creation, a companion made by my own hands. A being who existed, from head to toe, solely for me—someone who was, for lack of a better way of saying it, completely and utterly "mine." - P75

They interacted with their masters and "learned" about them, and they used that information to "think" and "understand." Artificial companions, as time went on, changed and "grew" into the most optimal companion possible for their masters’ needs and desires. - P75

The beings I see before me are not the machines I had known—no, the machines I had thought I’d known. Whatever I’d believed before, these are not machines that resemble humans at all. - P83

The boy was dragged into the cave. - P85


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She had on a flowing white silk dress with billowing sleeves and a wide, silvery belt. Her face was pale as snow, and her hair dark as coal, draping past her waist. I thought she looked like the paintings of great beauties from the Tang Dynasty the opera troupe had hung around their stage. - P52


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even the smallest nudges to the present can have major impacts on the future. - P5


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Abig lesson from history is realizing how much of the world hangs by a thread. - P5


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If you know where we’ve been, you realize we have no idea where we’re going. - P5


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