Quotes About Empathy

If you had to take care of humans, it was better to take care of small soft ones who were nice to you and thought you were great because you kept preventing them from being murdered.

recharge my ability to cope with humans at close quarters without losing my mind.

murderbot + actual human = awkwardness.

I try to avoid asking humans if there's anything wrong with them. (Mostly because I don't care.)

Miki said, "That's not good." See, that? That is just annoying. That contributed nothing to the conversation and was just a pointless vocalization to make the humans comfortable.

In the shows, I saw humans comfort each other all the time at moments like this. I had never wanted that and I still didn't. (Touching while rendering assistance, shielding humans from explosions, etc., is different.) But I was the only one here, so I braced myself and made the ultimate sacrifice. "Uh, you can hug me if you need to.

I felt this would be the point where a human would sigh, so I sighed.

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.(You know, just imagine everything it says in the most sarcastic tone possible.) "There's unrealistic that takes you away from reality and unrealistic that reminds you that everybody's afraid of you.

I felt a wave of non-caring about to come over me, and I knew I couldn't let it. If I was going to follow my plan, such as it was, I needed to care. If I let myself not care, then there was no telling where I'd end up.

Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad.

All right," she said, and looked at me for what objectively I knew was 2.4 seconds and subjectively about twenty excruciating minutes.

She hesitated, then sent to me in the feed, I'm going to touch you, don't freak out.

In the shows, I saw humans comfort each other all the time at moments like this. I had never wanted that and I still didn't. (Touching while rendering assistance, shielding humans from explosions, etc., is different.) But I was the only one here, so I braced myself and made the ultimate sacrifice. "Uh, you can hug me if you need

I try to avoid asking humans if there's anything wrong with them. (Mostly because I don't care.)

Ship might be unresponsive but it was doing its best and I didn't want it to hurt.

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.

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.

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.

She showed her fangs. "Just let her get to know you, then she definitely won't bother you.

Your face just got really weird. Are you all right?

It would make it harder for me to pretend not to be a person.

I made my voice firm and warm and gentle, and said, "Dr. Volescu, it's gonna be fine, okay? But you need to get up and come help me get her out of here." That

During all this, Volescu was huddled on the churned up rock, losing his shit, not that I was unsympathetic. I was far less vulnerable in this situation than he was and I wasn't exactly having a great time either.

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.