“There was something very special, but it wasn't inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her.”
― Klara and the Sun
― Klara and the Sun
“He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“She had once read in a book about consciousness that over the years, the human brain makes an AI version of your loved ones. The brain collects data, and within your brain, you host a virtual version of that person. Upon the person’s death, your brain still believes the virtual person exists, because, in a sense, the person still does. After a while, though, the memory fades, and each year, you are left with an increasingly diminished version of the AI you had made when the person was alive.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Until recently, I didn’t think that humans could choose
loneliness. That there were sometimes forces more powerful than the wish to avoid loneliness.”
― Klara and the Sun
loneliness. That there were sometimes forces more powerful than the wish to avoid loneliness.”
― Klara and the Sun
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