"They ain’t been here long ’nough. They just barely human. Maybe not even. They suck up the world, don’t taste it."

"The intimacy of her mother’s hands and the warmth of the water lulled the Girl into a trance of sensuality she never …"

"Only frustrated people smoke too much and only lonely people are frustrated."

"I can never get a zipper to close."

"I didn't think I'd be true to a man again as long as I lived..."

"Artificial intelligence is too consequential to leave ungoverned."

"AI literacy must become foundational."

"The rules that govern the use of artificial intelligence will shape our future more than the technology itself."

"That choice is human, not technological."

"What remains largely unbuilt is the connective layer that turns participation into practical capability."