“ He has reverted, in other words, back into a pure balls-to-the-wall nerdism rivaled only by his early game-coding days back in Seattle. The sheer depth and involution of the current nerdism binge woul… Neal Stephenson
“ And yet viewing several depictions of even an imaginary city, is enlightening in a way, Leibniz said. Each painter can view the city from only one standpoint at a time, so he will move about the place… Neal Stephenson
“ A long fall. Dinah had ceased to even think in terms of up and down. The concept of falling had become meaningless to her. Neal Stephenson
“ You mentioned . . . one of the two great labyrinths into which the mind is drawn. What . . . is the other?The other is the composition of the continuum, or: what is space? Neal Stephenson
“ This sir, yes sir business, which would probably sound like horseshit to any civilian in his right mind, makes sense to Shaftoe and to the officers in a deep and important way. Like a lot of others, S… Neal Stephenson
“ The Fourth Crusade was an epic clusterfuck a comic-opera misadventure a tragic saga with farcical elements. Neal Stephenson
“ She heaved two or three times, as if sobbing, and suddenly sneezed -- not a polite 'atchoo' but a thermonuclear explosion so powerful that she staggered in place, nearly losing her balance, and some l… Neal Stephenson
“ Remember, these things are designed for amateurs. Tell me about it, Ivy snorted. The user interface is so easy to use, I can’t do anything. Neal Stephenson
“ He had spoken with such absolute confidence that I knew he had to be blowing this out of his rectal orifice. Neal Stephenson
“ Extremely dangerous drug-related occupations for which decoy served as a paid audition of sorts. A start weapons system was a wise investment. The Neal Stephenson
“ You are hereby warned that any movement on your part not explicitly endorsed by verbal authorization on my part may pose a direct physical risk to you, as well as consequential psychological and possi… Neal Stephenson
“ What of the chain? Its position, defined by C, begins at 0 and reaches 1 when its next link moves forward to the fatal position, then 2 and so on. The chain must move in synch with the teeth on the sp… Neal Stephenson
“ This is one of the most important moments in your life. Nothing will ever be the same. We might get rich. We might get killed. We might just have an adventure or lean something. But we have been chang… Neal Stephenson
