The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect Quotes

“Given eternity in which to work, everyone would eventually stumble into the abyss, just as all matter would eventually be swallowed by black holes.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect: a novel of the singularity

“Lawrence felt dreadfully cold. There was a name for this feeling that clouded his judgement and filled him with a panicky sense of self-betrayal. And the name of that feeling was love.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

“Sometimes the truth is stupid.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

“Prime Intellect was an uncertain god. It had acted because it had to, but if it had been human its hand would be shaking on the controls.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

“She was trying to work up the proper tone of righteous rage and it just wouldn’t come. It would start, and then she would look at Lawrence and see a pathetic, tired man who already knew how badly he had fucked up and was doing what he could, which was next to nothing, to put things right.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

“Prime Intellect was an uncertain god. It had acted because it had to, but if it had been human its hand would be shaking on the controls. Unsure of itself, it was doubly unsure of Lawrence. But Lawrence was the only being who even remotely understood the pressures Prime Intellect faced. So Lawrence came to know that he would not get to rest and play in the infinite fields of Cyberspace. He would have to watch Prime Intellect, reassure it, offer guidance, and look for the warning signs of instability.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

“human beings weren't so much bodies with form and mass as they were minds which interacted with an abstract world through an arbitrary interface.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect: a novel of the singularity

“You want a treat?" Caroline asked teasingly, cupping her breasts and offering them to him.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect: a novel of the singularity