In order to stay alive, you have to spend all day every day doing stupid meaningless work. And the only way to get out of it is to quit, cut loose, take a flyer, and go off into the wicked world, wher...
In Memoriam, Louis Anglesey, Earl of Upnor, finest swordsman in England, beaten to death with a stick by an Irishman.’ Teague considered it for a moment, then nodded. In Connaught, he added. In Conna...
I see there are no heroes any more. Where is my head of Joseph Kony on a plate? Slice him thinly so there’s enough to go around.
I love the scent of a man under pressure.
I gotta say this, Scott says as the guy is sitting on his new bike, getting his swords adjusted, doing something incredibly unauthorized to the bios, you look like one bad motherfucker.
I am tormented, or tantalized, by the sense that I’m almost in view of something that is at the limit of my comprehension. I dream of being in the sea, treading water, trying to see a beacon on shore....
Hiro watches the large, radioactive, spear-throwing killer drug lord ride his motorcycle into Chinatown. Which is the same as riding it into China, as far as chasing him down is concerned.
Hiro feels even at this moment that something has been torn open in the world and that he is dangling above the gap, staring into a place where he does not want to be.
For her, the electronic books were an insurance policy of sorts. The four-day elevator ride might be nothing more than a prelude to further journeys, some of which might take her to places with little...
All these beefy Caucasians with guns! Get enough of them together, looking for the America they always believed they'd grow up in, and they glom together like overcooked rice, form integral, starchy l...
All the people saying mean things about me on the Internet are gonna be dead in four hundred and thirty-three days, she said, deadpan.
—Creo que lo que Camila quiere decir es que ciertos tipos de personalidad, si se llevan al extremo, son tan negativos como una enfermedad mental; si no peores
But women
Boys had been programmed by Darwinian selection to run around in the open chucking spears at wild animals—something
A rugged but sensitive but tough but loving but horny but smart hero having his way with a protesting but willing but struggling but yielding tempestuous female.
Yur heaved a sigh, then continued in a more moderate tone: Never mind. I see it now. It’s some kind of Purpose thing. Above my pay grade. You should have just told me. He drew himself up and saluted....
Why bother to have a technical term for a religious ritual?
While that thing was on, we ran a ridiculous amount of data through our servers. How much? I asked. He looked exasperated. Enough that I could make up some kind of strained analogy involving the conte...
Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?'Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope wit...
Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window.