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1 " What do you read, Westbay? Romance novels?” She said it like reading romance was on par with chronic farting. "
― Hieronymus Hawkes , Effacement
2 " Kasia grinned in her particularly diabolical way, as if she knew something juicy and world shattering, but you didn’t quite measure up enough to deserve knowing. "
3 " Being in the cell was a bit like being in a casino, with no clocks and no change in the lighting. But he had more to lose than a bet, and no one was bringing him cocktails. "
4 " People were funny. They thought having a drone hanging outside the window was too invasive, but a lifelog didn’t strike the same chord. The recording feature didn’t feel invasive. "
5 " Oh, I don’t blame them. I blame us. We created this environment. Have you ever sat in a restaurant full of young people? It’s freakishly quiet. Even in a group setting, they don’t talk to each other like we’re doing now. They just sit there, staring into space. It’s like eating in a restaurant full of zombies. "
6 " The surrogate program is at the center of what we’re trying to do here. These people can’t use the Vitasync for various reasons and choose to stay off the grid. The cost is high, when you consider they can’t get a regular job, or insurance, or medical benefits. All of these things are tied into lifelogging so intimately that they’re basically ostracized from normal society. "
7 " Their feelings hadn't changed because of him. The wakeup call was a drop of water in an ocean of apathy. "
