Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker turns to a computer for friendship and seeks deeper understanding from it.
In plain terms
I treat my computer like a friend and ask for deeper understanding.
What can you take from it?
Technology can serve as a companion for seeking answers.

Where it applies

  • isolation
  • seeking answers
  • working alone

Putting it to work

  • using tech for support
  • seeking clarity

Questions to consider

  • What understanding is sought?
  • Why a computer over a person?

Another view

Computers cannot genuinely provide human understanding or friendship.

More from Kate Bush

  1. Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired. I bring you love and deeper understanding. Hello, I know that you're unhappy. I bring you love and deeper underst…

    Permalink to quote #181

  2. He said it was her fault. She said it wasn't at all. But the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

    Permalink to quote #183

  3. As the people here grow colder I turn to my computer And spend my evenings with it Like a friend.

    Permalink to quote #180

Related quotes

  1. In many ways connection has been disastrous. We have confused information (of which there has been too much of)with ideas (of which there are too few. I found …

    Paul TherouxPaul Theroux quote #15

  2. As the people here grow colder I turn to my computer And spend my evenings with it Like a friend.

    Kate BushKate Bush quote #180

  3. I know myself, and I have such a sense of religion that I shall never do anything which I would not do before the whole world; but I am alarmed at the very tho…

    Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart quote #2