The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

"The machine’s contacts are corroded, his bearings fouled, his circuits shorted, and his gears stripped. His mind buzzes and pops like the mind of an Earthling— fizzes and overheats with thoughts of love, honor, dignity, rights, accomplishment, integrity, independence—"

"The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody," she said, "would be to not be used for anything by anybody."

a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."

"Fraugh!" cried the sleeper, as though he suddenly understood all. "Braugh!" he cried, not liking at all what he suddenly understood. "Sup-foe!" he said, saying in no uncertain terms what he was going to do about it. "Floof!" he cried. The conspirators presumably fled.