“ Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking and thrilling.—Time Neal Stephenson
“ So, you're worried that a pink dragon will fly over the concent and fart nerve gas on us? Neal Stephenson
“ Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge… Neal Stephenson
“ Just aiming a speely input device, or a Farspark chambre, or whatever you call it... a speelycaptor... at something doesn't collect what is meaningful to me. I need someone to gather it in with all th… Neal Stephenson
“ It is exciting to discover electrons and figure out the equations that govern their movement; it is boring to use those principles to design electric can openers. From here on out, it's all can opener… Neal Stephenson
“ In fact, Kia is trans-just about every system of human categorization, and what she isn’t trans- she is post-. Neal Stephenson
“ The typical Greek myth goes something like this: innocent shepherd boy is minding his own business, an overflying god spies him and gets a hard-on, swoops down and rapes him silly; while the victim is… Neal Stephenson
“ Couple of dozen CDs in it, mostly albums by American woman singer-songwriters of the offbeat, misunderstood, highly intelligent but intensely emotional school, getting rich selling music to consumers… Neal Stephenson
“ A scattering of schizophrenic first worlders who have long ago burned their brains to ash in the radiant heat of their own imaginings Neal Stephenson
“ Working on the native-herb garden in the front corner of the yard. Already thriving: thyme, hyssop, spearmint, lemon balm, fennel, chamomile, marjoram. Must add: lavender, ambrosia, valerian, mugwort,… Neal Stephenson
“ This is America. People do whatever the fuck they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a right to. And because they have guns and no one can fucking stop them. As a result,… Neal Stephenson
“ They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right. Neal Stephenson
“ Tav started it, Aïda said. He ate his own leg. Soft cannibalism, he called it. Legs are of no use in space. He blogged it. Then it went viral. Neal Stephenson
“ If money is a science, then it is a dark science...it has gone on developing...by its own rules Neal Stephenson
