The Girl with the Porcelain Lips Quotes

“The morgue was the name the human workers gave to this room in the facility. They were careful not to utter it in front of the androids, for fear of offending them.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“So how did he imagine we would have known anything about them?’ Her husband asked.
Gloria smiled awkwardly. ‘They woke up this morning and have been chanting you name ever since.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“I see you made it Jack,’ he started to say, noticing a silver sphere roll across the loading bay floor. It stopped just short of his shoes before it exploded.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“She stood panting as adrenalin fired up her muscles. Flipping open the safety catches on both of her laser pistols, she set them for maximum delivery. Anything or anyone on the receiving end of these weapons would never survive, even as atoms.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“What in the name of Llar was that all about?’ Colin asked, his face still drained of colour.
‘I have no bloody idea,’ William said his voice quivering.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“The concept and subsequent development of these JEN2 successors to the old machines, was a story in its own right. It was also one marred with frustration, hidden agendas and ultimately punctuated with a sad human tragedy.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Somethings wrong,’ he told her.
‘Be specific Jack,’ she said pressuring him.
Jack turned again to the desert. ‘We should already be dead,’ he said. ‘That’s what’s wrong.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’
‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“We are stood on the spot where a vast army of legionnaires were sent through a time portal with this very device,’ Jack said holding out his arm and displaying the XXL strapped safely to his wrist.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Following his ordeal at the hands of the angry residents in Dusty Bottom Lane yesterday, he felt particularly disinclined to exhibit any form of enthusiasm whatsoever.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“   ‘I see you made it Jack,’ he started to say, noticing a silver sphere roll across the loading bay floor. It stopped just short of his shoes before it exploded.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“     The morgue was the name the human workers gave to this room in the facility. They were careful not to utter it in front of the androids, for fear of offending them.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“    ‘So how did he imagine we would have known anything about them?’ Her husband asked.
 Gloria smiled awkwardly. ‘They woke up this morning and have been chanting you name ever since.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“     ‘And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’
 ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Somethings wrong,’ he told her.
        ‘Be specific Jack,’ she said pressuring him.
         Jack turned again to the desert. ‘We should already be dead,’ he said. ‘That’s what’s wrong.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips