Gil's World Quotes

“It’s getting too easy then, is it? Pity the animals can’t really use the sphere, it’d give you more of a challenge.” “Hah. It’s only a little easier, mind you. It’s not that though…” Han said thoughtfully, his words trailing off. “What is it, then?” “It’s as though some of them have already started to move.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“As she fell backward, she could see Tor’s look of genuine shock and horror. His wide eyes followed her as she dropped. The look on his face was permanently frozen into her memory.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“She wondered if flies could talk to one another as people did, or whether they had their own unique ways. Her mind often moved onto topics such as these, although she was unable to communicate her ideas with others. Speech, unfortunately, was a gift she no longer had as the result of an accident many years before.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“The complex strings of code and interacting programs that were its flesh and blood were erased. They were replaced by a subtly different set of strings of code and interacting programs that had a slightly altered recollection of recent events. Nothing to give it any cause for concern. In due course, a surveillance drone was sent out from the ship. It was an almost useless, barely spaceworthy husk that was ordered to fly into the system’s star once the Wanderer vessel had departed out of sensor range.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“What did you see?” Bo asked Tor. “Why did you gather us?” His eyes darted from Tor to Gil, and back again, waiting for signs of a response. Tor was about to speak, but paused. He glanced at Gil again and then said, “I don’t know, I don’t think Gil knows either. We sensed something…”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“It was normal for family members to share a hut, although both she and Tor were approaching the age where it would be reasonable for them to request their own. However, she enjoyed living with him and wanted to continue for a little while longer, and thought that he would too. Being twins, with no other siblings and no parents, they had grown accustomed to their joint living arrangements.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“How?” Sarl demanded, momentarily forgetting her place. Almost shouting at Bo. “How can we know?” Bo said. “But that is what… separates us… from animals, which you say they are! We have our fire, the animals do not.” “And what of our minds, Sarl? What of our intelligence? Fire is not the only thing.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World

“She slowly lifted her head and turned to look at Tor as he slept. He had fallen asleep quickly and easily, as he always did, and the contented expression he wore on his broad face made her smile. She rarely looked at him through the sphere when he was near to her, much preferring the more visceral image her eyes gave her. It felt more real. Putting her head back down, she returned to her thoughts.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World