Neal Stephenson Quote

I can’t predict the future, I said, but based on what little I know so far, I’m afraid it has to be a massive adventure or nothing. Great! Probably the kind of adventure that ends in a mass burial. That quieted her down a little bit. But after a while, she said: Do you need transportation? Tools? Stuff? Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs, I said. We have a protractor. Okay, I’ll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string. That’d be great.

Neal Stephenson

I can’t predict the future, I said, but based on what little I know so far, I’m afraid it has to be a massive adventure or nothing. Great! Probably the kind of adventure that ends in a mass burial. That quieted her down a little bit. But after a while, she said: Do you need transportation? Tools? Stuff? Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs, I said. We have a protractor. Okay, I’ll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string. That’d be great.

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