I HAVE EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET
-“I want you to come and see me.”
Vashti watched his face in the blue plate.
“But I can see you!”she exclaimed. “What more do you want?”
“I want to see you not through the Machine,” said Kuno.
“I want to speakto you not through the wearisome Machine.”
“Oh, hush!” said his mother, vaguely shocked.
“You mustn’t say anything against the Machine.”
-Excerpt from The Machine Stops, 1909 Em Forster
