“ Rome entirely. The dumb beast already sensed his fear and didn’t know what to do except be frightened as well. Run, Ferenc Neal Stephenson
“ Okay, so divers have mastered a large body of occult knowledge. That explains their general resemblance to hackers, albeit physically fit hackers. Neal Stephenson
“ My son, in the eyes of Heaven, we are all as little children. No one of us is more important than another. In fact, the more important we think we are, the less we stand out in the eyes of the Lord. Neal Stephenson
“ Juanita believes that nothing is provably true or provably false in the Bible. Because if it's provably false, then the Bible is a lie, and if it's provably true, then the existence of God is proven a… Neal Stephenson
“ It’s like, if you—people of a certain age—would make some effort to just stay in touch with sort of basic, modern-day events, then your kids wouldn’t have to take these drastic measures. Neal Stephenson
“ It’s as though anyone who argues clearly can’t be trusted—that’s the opposite of what reasonable people ought to think. That attitude is common even among faculty here, and I’m just at a loss to under… Neal Stephenson
“ It is miserably clear that the video has been shot by a third conspirator who is burdened with a consumer-grade camcorder and reeling from some kind of inner-ear disease that he or she would like to s… Neal Stephenson
“ I always tend to assume there’s an infinite amount of money out there. There might as well be, Arsibalt said, but most of it gets spent on pornography, sugar water, and bombs. There is only so much th… Neal Stephenson
“ He perfectly fits the profile of a Hut 8 man, who need not know anything except pure math. Neal Stephenson
“ From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything Neal Stephenson
“ Domingo regarded the man for a moment before answering. The Ordo Militum Vindicis Intactae do not hire themselves out as caravan guards, he said finally. There are several hundred men-at-arms in Barce… Neal Stephenson
“ Conflict, acted out openly and publicly, was a male mode of social interaction—the foundation for patriarchal society which brought with it the usual litany of dreadful things. Regardless, Randy decid… Neal Stephenson
“ Because, Jack, you volunteered to be taken down into eternal torment in place of her. This is the absolute (unless I'm mistaken) that any female requires from her man. Neal Stephenson
“ An old market had stood there until I'd been about six years old, when the authorities had renamed it the Olde Market, destroyed it, and built a new market devoted to selling T-shirts and other object… Neal Stephenson
“ Aister interprets the myth as 'an exposition of a logical problem: Supposingthat originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binarysexual relations come into being?'Ah, there's th… Neal Stephenson
“ —Antes de esta reunión escribí media docena de cartas de despedida a viejos amigos y familiares —dijo—, y cuando terminemos, voy a seguir con la lista. Quizá logre escribir la mitad de las cartas ante… Neal Stephenson
