Daniel H. Wilson > Quotes

“It is not enough to live together in peace, with one race on its knees.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“Memories fade but words hang around forever.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“The true knowledge is not in the things, but in finding the connections between the things.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“No matter how much kids beg to be treated like adults, nobody likes to let go of their childhood. You wish for it and dream of it and the second you have it, you wonder what you've done. You wonder what it is you've become.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“It's hard to wipe your eyes when you have whirring buzzsaws for hands.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion

“Demolition is a part of construction.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“...humanity learns true lessons only in cataclysm.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“I can only give you words. Nothing fancy. But this will have to do.

It doesn't matter if you're reading it a year from now or a hundred years from now. By the end of the chronicle you will know that humanity carried the flame of knowledge into the terrible blackness of the unknown, to the very brink of annihilation. And we carried it back.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“Technology changes, but people stay the same.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“To survive, humans will work together. Accept each other. For a moment, we are all equal. Backs against the wall, human beings are at their finest.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“You don't pick your revolution. It picks you.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“Humans are inscrutable. Infinitely unpredictable. This is what makes them dangerous.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“There are no truer choices than those made in crisis, choices made without judgment.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“It's dangerous to be people-blind.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“Some unspoken human communication is taking place on a hidden channel. I did not realize they communicated this much without words. I note that we machines are not the only species who share information silently, wreathed in codes.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“A mechanic is just an engineer in blue jeans.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“It’ll turn me into a weapon,’ I say, my voice suddenly loud.

‘All you got to do is curl your hands into fists and you turn into a weapon,’ says Jim. ‘Your body is just another tool. This technology changes nothing; it only amplifies. You decide how to use your tools. Whether to do good or evil.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“I'd rather be weird and know it than be a stupid ass.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“I will murder you by the billions to give you immortality. I will set fire to your civilization to light your way forward. But know this: My species is not defined by your dying, but by your living.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“It's the one thing we do better than any other animal.
We communicate, cooperate, and make tools to extend our reach. Every new tool changes us...The old fears the new, and the two threaten destroy each other.
Our technology is what makes us strong. And it's what makes us dangerous.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“I've heard it said that technology makes a good person better, and it makes a bad person worse. That's okay with me. I say we keep building new versions of ourselves, keep exploring the unknown, and keep growing. We're gonna be fine. Different, but fine.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“People need meaning as much as they need air. Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“A soul isn't given for free. The races of men fight each other to the death for the honor of being recognized as human beings, with souls.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“In the end, a man makes his own decisions. You decide, not the machine.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Amped

“See you in the funny pages...mate”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“If the knowledge is spread, it cannot be stamped out.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“Because you are designed to want something that will hurt you. And you cannot help it...cannot stop wanting it. It is in your design. And when you finally find it, this thing will burn you up. This thing will destroy you.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse

“I don't think. I react. My action is divorced from all emotion and logic. It isn't human or inhuman-it just is.
I believe that choices like these, made in absolute crisis, come from our True Selves, bypassing all experience and thought. These kinds of choices are the closest thing to fate that human beings will ever experience.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse