“ It wasn’t only the Lorites who said that is not a new result. People re-invented the wheel all the time. There was nothing shameful in it. If the rest of us oohed and aahed and said, Gosh, a wheel, no… Neal Stephenson
“ It had a quaint twentieth-century feel and made Nell oddly nostalgic for the days when dangerousness was a function of mass and bulk. The passives of that era were so fun to watch, with their big, stu… Neal Stephenson
“ In the view of Hollywood, the techies of Silicon Valley were just a particularly naive form of talent. Neal Stephenson
“ 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… Neal Stephenson
“ In olden times, you’d wander down to Mom’s Cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home. It worked just fine if you never left your hometown. But if you went to the next t… Neal Stephenson
“ In a manner familiar to anyone who had ever packed a car for a family trip, genial confusion gave way to impatience, then furious ultimatums, then ill-advised snap decisions. Neal Stephenson
“ 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… Neal Stephenson
“ If this all seems ambiguous, that’s because it is; and if that troubles you, you’d hate it here; but if it gives you a feeling of relief, then you are in the right place and might consider staying. Neal Stephenson
“ If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different—it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind,… Neal Stephenson
“ If it’s wearing red, yellow, or both, it’s a lama, he said. Bow to it. Isn’t that a camel from South America? Neal Stephenson
“ If he had thought about this, it would have bothered him, because sigmaself > sigmaother has troubling implications—particularly if the values of these quantities w.r.t. the all-important sigmac are n… Neal Stephenson
“ I was discussing it with my teacher, over the jeejah—no pictures, just our voices. We had this long talk about this nerve and the muscles and ligaments around it and how I should manipulate them to he… Neal Stephenson
“ I don’t even know how to describe it. ‘Ragtag’ makes it sound like more than it is. Neal Stephenson
“ I deal in information, he says to the smarmy, toadying pseudojournalist whointerviews him. He's sitting in his office in Houston, looking slicker thannormal. All television going out to Consumers thro… Neal Stephenson
“ Hollywood was merely a specialized bank—a consortium of large financial entities that hired talent, almost always for a flat rate, ordered that talent to create a product, and then marketed that produ… Neal Stephenson
“ Hollywood was all about. Hollywood was merely a specialized bank—a consortium of large financial entities that hired talent, almost always for a flat rate, ordered that talent to create a product, and… Neal Stephenson
“ Hiro looks up, focuses his gaze on Earth, zooms in for a look. As he gets closer, the imagery he's looking at shifts from the long-range pictures coming in from the geosynchronous satellites to the go… Neal Stephenson
“ Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hirobuttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixedhalf and half with nonalcoholic beer. This way… Neal Stephenson
“ Hey, Hiro, the black-and-white guy says, you want to try some Snow Crash?A lot of people hang around in front of The Black Sun saying weird things. Youignore them. But this gets Hiro's attention.Oddit… Neal Stephenson
“ He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock most people, in those days, was to believe that some… Neal Stephenson
