The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps them active, we lack. Perhaps, in time, we machines will acquire it.
John WyndhamIt's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.
John WyndhamNo... souls are just counters for churches to collect, all the same value, like nails. No, what makes man man is mind; it's not a thing, it's a quality, and minds aren't all the same value; they're better or worse, and the better they are, the more they mean.
John WyndhamChildren have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at.
John Wyndham