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“I longed to have my mama come to me and sing me a song that settled me down while she rubbed my back, quieting my restless mind and pouting heart and helping me fall asleep, knowing I was loved.”
― Child of Another Kind
― Child of Another Kind

“She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet.
If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.”
― Eleanor & Park
If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.”
― Eleanor & Park
“Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree

“Let鈥檚 get to know each other. My name鈥檚 William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I鈥檓 an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you鈥檙e all alike to me . . . of course, you would be . . . you鈥檙e robots. And all your names are that sort of, um . . . codes, technical numbers . . . I need some marker where I can pick you out. Well, well, to you I鈥檒l call . . .,鈥 and Willy pondered for a moment, 鈥淕umball, yes, Gumball! Do you mind?鈥 鈥淣o, sir, actually no,鈥 CSE-TR-03 said, agreeing with its new given name. 鈥淎h, that鈥檚 wonderful. And then you鈥檙e Darwin,鈥 Willy said, accosting the second robot. 鈥淟ook what a nice name鈥擠arwin! What do you say, eh?鈥 鈥淲hat can I say, sir? I like it,鈥 CSE-TR-02 agreed too. 鈥淵es, a human name with a past . . . You and Gumball . . . are from the same family, the Methanesons!鈥 鈥淚t turns out thus, sir,鈥 Darwin confirmed its family belonging. 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e like Larry. You鈥檙e Larry. Do you know that?鈥 More addressed the next robot in line. 鈥淵es, sir, just now I learned that,鈥 the third robot said, accepted its name as well.”
― Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel
― Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

“Perhaps it is different for others, but I came to this freedom suddenly, after long, if voluntary, subjugation. I am learning slowly what it is that I want. These trivial discoveries web my days with pleasure, and I am my own audience, and the audience of the goldfish, and of the scarred old toad in the garden.”
― Toad
― Toad
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