The City Inside Quotes

“Things have to change here, and if all the good people leave, who will do the work?”
― Samit Basu, The City Inside

“people wanted escape, not truth; perfection, not reality. They had more than enough reality to deal with.”
― Samit Basu, The City Inside

“They don't want people to live like humans. They want them for data, and then for meat”
― Samit Basu, The City Inside

“They're on display. Indi's making sure her body catches the light as it changes colour off his smartatt reads, always a spectacular angle, never missing a beat, turning and placing his partner in an impressive sequence of positions, switching every few minutes in response to some internal timer, performing as ever for whoever his audience is: does he see his own life in third-person? Their bodies are impeccable, their movements in perfect sync, he wants to give them full marks, share, subscribe. This isn't their first time, and he has many questions: is this another Flow that they're secretly recording, or is this how the audience-obsessed behave even when they're alone?”
― Samit Basu, The City Inside