"Well, you're rocks. You've all got a rock on you somewhere and that's you-- whatever shape you take isn't really alive, it's just like... a tool."

"And you aren't totally unique, like humans are. Peridot told me there's actually tons of other Peridots running around, so there's probably more Lapises and Pearls and what-not. You're all made-- by who, I don't know-- to do a certain job that you know how to do right away and that's... All you do. You and the others here live on Earth and you've broken away from, uh, what'd'you'callit. Homeworld. And you do what you want, which is a weird thing for Gems to do. You're all rebels or something. And you're really proud of it too."