Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside were always licked by something from the inside. Theres no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.
Alfred Bester
Thats me, he said, motioning to the robot. Thats all of us. We prattle about free will, but were nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.
Alfred Bester
He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival.
Alfred Bester
Powell repressed the wave of exasperation that rose up in him. It was not exasperation with Chooka. It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them.
Alfred Bester