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Quotes About Understanding

I felt this would be the point where a human would sigh, so I sighed.
~ Martha Wells
Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don't have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.
~ Martha Wells
Pin-Lee had promised, "Don't worry, I'll preserve your right to wander off like an asshole anytime you like." (I said, "It takes one to know one.")
~ Martha Wells
Now she was talking to me like I was a hysterical human. Worse, I was acting like a hysterical human.
~ Martha Wells
I know a "fuck off" when I hear one. So I fucked off.
~ Martha Wells
For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind.
~ Martha Wells
All right," she said, and looked at me for what objectively I knew was 2.4 seconds and subjectively about twenty excruciating minutes.
~ Martha Wells
She hesitated, then sent to me in the feed, I'm going to touch you, don't freak out.
~ Martha Wells
I just realized I don't like the phrase "as far as I knew" because it implies how much you actually don't know. I'm not going to stop using it, but. I don't like it as much anymore.
~ Martha Wells
She watched me search for seven minutes and forty seconds, then said, "Can I ask you a question?" I never know how to answer this. Should I go with my first impulse, which is always "no" or just give in to the inevitable? I said, "Is it contract-relevant?" Big, adolescent human sigh noise. "I just want to understand something." I gave in to the inevitable. "Yes.
~ Martha Wells
I guess you can't tell a story from the point of view of something that you don't think has a point of view.
~ Martha Wells
Maybe I sounded like I knew what I was talking about.
~ Martha Wells
Can we hug you?" Maro let go of Tapan and faced me. "Uh." I didn't step back, but it must have been obvious the answer was no. Maro nodded. "Okay. This is for you." She wrapped her arms around herself and squeezed.
~ Martha Wells
they still had to tell me about what had caused the latest fight. (I don't remember what it was, I deleted it from my memory as soon as I could get out of the room.)
~ Martha Wells
It's joking." Ratthi managed to sound like he completely believed that. "That's how it looks when it's joking." He sent me on the feed, Stop joking.
~ Martha Wells
He wanted to give her a chance to yell at him in private before he apologized.
~ Martha Wells
Pearl tilted her head, but her voice was amused. "When five fledglings all move down together, believe me, she will know.
~ Martha Wells
Ou alors Miki le bot de compagnie n'avait jamais été brimé, dupé ou maltraité ; peut-être ne lui avait-on jamais témoigné que de la bonté et de l'indulgence. Il considérait vraiment ses humains comme des amis, car c'est ainsi qu'ils le traitaient en retour. J'ai signalé à Miki que je me déconnectais une minute. J'avais besoin d'avoir une émotion en privé.
~ Martha Wells
It's hard to make a proper argument when you're both on the same side.
~ Martha Wells
She showed her fangs. "Just let her get to know you, then she definitely won't bother you.
~ Martha Wells
He can't hear me," Jai retorted. But it was better to present a cool united front to Canon Hain, not look as if they had been arguing like children. Especially if they had been arguing like children.
~ Martha Wells
The kinet believed that if something was worth saying once, it was worth saying a few more times, but Jai had long recognized that this was not the way of other species. She promised, "I'll stop.
~ Martha Wells
Just remember you're not alone here." I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
~ Martha Wells
Ramad's expression tightened. Kai knew what he was thinking and also wished there was a way to make Dahin shut up.
~ Martha Wells