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Quotes from Fugitive Telemetry — Martha Wells

born 1964 United States

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I can’t tell if that’s you being passive aggressive or you being willfully obtuse.

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

Since she was human she was doing it slowly (it was like watching algae grow).

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

Maybe exploring every possible outcome of each action in an inescapable loop of paranoia and anxiety wasn’t the most normal reaction-state but hey, if it was, there would be a lot fewer stupid murders.

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

The big danger to humans is not raiders, angry human-eating fauna, or rogue SecUnits; it’s other humans. They kill each other either accidentally or on purpose and you have to clear that up fast because it jeopardizes the bond and determines whether the company has to pay out damages on it or not.

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

I had archives of everything that had happened since I hacked my governor module, but I hadn’t had as much relevant experience in that time. But what I did have were thousands of hours of category mystery media, so I had a lot of theoretical knowledge that was possibly anywhere from 60 to 70 percent inaccurate shit.

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

Attribution

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