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“ Daniel understood the complaint. For Daniel, too, had once designed a building, and savored the thrill of seeing it built, only to endure the long indignity of watching the owner clutter it up with kn… Neal Stephenson
“ Cord followed up with, I like it here, but it’s beginning to feel creepy. Does anyone else think it’s creepy?You’re talking to a bunch of guys, Yul said. No one here is going to validate your feelings… Neal Stephenson
“ Coals gleamed in the hearth and the air was fragrant with pine branches, frankincense, and lapsang souchong tea. It was New Year’s Day. Neal Stephenson
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“ But if life were a mellow elementary school run by well-meaning education Ph.D.s, the Deliverator’s report card would say: Hiro is so bright and creative but needs to work harder on his cooperation sk… Neal Stephenson
“ But even if they did have that kind of money rattling around in their pockets, actually spending it would offend their native frugality. Neal Stephenson
“ But around the time Manila heaves into view, a warm breeze springs up over the deck and all of the Marines sigh, as if they have all ejaculated in unison. Neal Stephenson
“ Bud, you had to bribe the shit out of numerous Shanghai cops. There was no reason to economize here. Bud had a rich and boundless career ahead of him, vaulting up a hierarchy of extremely dangerous dr… Neal Stephenson
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“ Bolor-Erdene urged Dinah to address her as Bo. She was obviously of Far Eastern stock, and yet there was something in her eyes and cheekbones that did not look precisely Chinese. Dinah’s preliminary g… Neal Stephenson
“ BMW drivers take evasive action at the drop of a hat, emulating the drivers in the BMW advertisements – this is how they convince themselves they didn’t get ripped off. Neal Stephenson
“ Avi, with his genius for imagining the most horrific conceivable worst-case scenarios, demanded that they have their own machine, and that Randy and the others go through its kernel code one line at a… Neal Stephenson
“ As part of Mr. Lee's good neighbor policy, all Rat Things are programmed never to break the sound barrier in a populated area. But Fido's in too much of a hurry to worry about the good neighbor policy… Neal Stephenson
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“ As I walked back over the bridge, I thought that of all the people I’d talked to today, I was probably the least content in my situation. Neal Stephenson
“ Apparently these three had left half of the surviving population of China seriously pissed off at them, as well as making mortal enemies with a rogue, defrocked Russian organized crime figure. In thei… Neal Stephenson
