“ For between true science and erroneous doctrines, ignorance is in the middle. —HOBBES, Leviathan Neal Stephenson
“ For a fraction of a second he was a yellow blossom of flame in the stream of light, and then he was one with it. All that remained of what he'd been was a wisp of steam coiling above the torrent of fi… Neal Stephenson
“ Einstein followed her as if his eyes were connected to her butt cheeks with fishhooks. Neal Stephenson
“ Down by the river,Down by the banks of the River CharlesThat’s where you’ll find meAlong with lovers, muggers and thievesWell I love that dirty water,Oh Boston, you’re my home. —The Inmates Neal Stephenson
“ Did you win your sword fight?Of course I won the fucking sword fight, Hiro says. I'm the greatest sword fighter in the world.And you wrote the software.Yeah. That, too, Hiro says. Neal Stephenson
“ Did you hook up with your girlfriend yet?No. But I have high hopes for that. Assuming I can stay alive.High hopes for what?Our relationship.Why? she asks. What's changed between then and now?This is o… Neal Stephenson
“ Daniel saw in a way he’d never seen anything before: his mind was a homunculus squatting in the middle of his skull, peering out through good but imperfect telescopes and listening horns, gathering ob… Neal Stephenson
“ Clearly Mr. Drkh has had a long career of being the weirdest person in any given room, but he's about to go down in flames. Neal Stephenson
“ But the basic premise of Eutropianism is that technology has made us post-human. That Homo sapiens plus technology is effectively a whole new species: immortal, omnipresent because of the Net, and hea… Neal Stephenson
“ But our relationship to these infinite pasts and futures isn’t random—plausibility throws its weight around, per some freaky quantum mechanics stuff that Dr. Oda calls Feynman Diagram History Pachinko… Neal Stephenson
“ But for the moment it was just a pattern of sensory impressions painted on the screen of her memory, not soaked in yet, not understood, not even granted the dignity of having really happened. Neal Stephenson
“ At this point, all of the responsible adults in Lawrence’s life seemed to arrive at a tacit agreement that the best way to raise him—certainly the easiest—was to leave him alone. On the rare occasions… Neal Stephenson
“ As soon as you open the door wide enough to admit pink nerve-gas-farting dragons, you have let in all of those other possibilities as well. Neal Stephenson
“ As a tactic for planting misinformation in the enemy’s reticules, you mean, Osa said. This I know about. You are referring to the Artificial Inanity programs of the mid–First Millennium A.R. Exactly!… Neal Stephenson
“ All people have religions. It's like we have religion receptors built into ourbrain cells, or something, and we'll latch onto anything that'll fill that nichefor us. Now, religion used to be essential… Neal Stephenson
“ A gazebo on top of a welding rig was how Yul might have described it, if only he had been here. Neal Stephenson
“ How long do you want these messages to remain secret?[...]+I want them to remain secret for as long as men are capable of evil. Neal Stephenson
