Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

by Martha Wells

“No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract.

I try to avoid asking humans if there’s anything wrong with them. (Mostly because I don’t care.)

The good thing about being a construct is that you can’t reproduce and create children to argue with you.

they had both noticed that ART had deliberately not answered the direct question. (Pro tip: when bots do that, it’s not a good sign.)

“Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don’t have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.”

(If I got angry at myself for being angry I would be angry constantly and I wouldn’t have time to think about anything else.) (Wait, I think I am angry constantly. That might explain a lot.)

“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.