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Quotes from After Atlas — Emma Newman

born 1976 England

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25 quotes

I know enough to never take journalists at their word.

After Atlas (2016)

It’s the first rule of any change to a licensing agreement: it’s not for the benefit of the end user, no matter what they say.

After Atlas (2016)

That’s the trouble with these violent mersives: once the limbic system gets involved my higher cognitive functions are screwed.

After Atlas (2016)

She speaks with the authority of the ignorant.

After Atlas (2016)

Nobody does emotional distancing from reprehensible behavior better than the British, after all.

After Atlas (2016)

All too easy to find the needle when you know exactly where to look in the haystack.

After Atlas (2016)

The data is always there. It’s just a matter of knowing where to look.

After Atlas (2016)

Show me a person who doesn’t have ongoing problems and I’ll show you an AI.

After Atlas (2016)

She looks at me like I’m a car engine that’s been making a strange noise.

After Atlas (2016)

The priest didn’t have one of the magic gems stitched into his head though, because he thought that talking to everyone else meant that you never listened to yourself anymore.

After Atlas (2016)

Don’t believe anything on the news feeds. It’s all just a circus for the masses.

After Atlas (2016)

Everybody is on a leash. Some are more obvious than others.

After Atlas (2016)

That’s the trouble with all these bloody lawyers. They build in the loopholes when they’re on the right gov-corp committees so they can exploit them later.

After Atlas (2016)

I’ve grown out of seeking emotional self-destruction. But even now the doubts are slithering in, making me question whether the hellish foundation my life is built on genuinely equates to coping.

After Atlas (2016)

I often expect the worst. This is one of the rare times when I’m hoping for it.

After Atlas (2016)

I hate dealing with these people.
No, I hate dealing with people, but the rich ones are the worst.

After Atlas (2016)

“Do you still shout at people when they talk about their faith?”
I shake my head. “I grew out of that. Now I mostly let them damn themselves with their own ignorance.”

After Atlas (2016)

I’m still not even sure I believe that now. Sounds like the sort of bullshit my psych supervisor would say.

After Atlas (2016)

I made a mistake when I was young and didn’t know how the world worked and I have paid for it. Many, many times over.

After Atlas (2016)

The car takes us along a long, winding drive, the kind reserved for the sort of place owned by people who want you to spend the last minutes of your journey appreciating just how rich they are.

After Atlas (2016)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emma Newman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.