“He is sure that this would elevate his stature beyond that of dull software boy.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“But the rest of our lives will happen in the future, Randy, so we might as well get with the program now.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Trying to crack the code used on these sheets will be a perfect puzzle to fill the gaping void” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Avi, with his genius for imagining the most horrific conceivable worst-case scenarios, demanded that they have their own machine, and that Randy… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Did you win your sword fight?" "Of course I won the fucking sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword fighter in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“He is disappointed because he has solved the problem, and has gone back to the baseline state of boredom and low-level irritation… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“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.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Other people - store clerks, burger flippers, software engineers, the whole vocabulary of meaningless jobs that make up Life in America -… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“When Hiro learned how to do this, way back fifteen years ago, a hacker could sit down and write an entire piece… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Like any place in Reality, the Street is subject to development. Developers can build their own small streets feeding off of the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“We know the economics of these startups,” Eb says. “We begin with nothing but the idea. That’s what the NDA is for—to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Virgil returned to the Operator’s Station and entered a single command. Its effect was to draw together the reins of the eighteen… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Most of Csongor's time in T'Rain had been spent blundering about in a state of hapless newbie confusion. Only his long experience… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“You are hereby warned that any movement on your part not explicitly endorsed by verbal authorization on my part may pose a… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“I study dead languages for a living,” I said. “That’s why you hired me. Why should I be up to speed on your line… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“Other people - store clerks, burger flippers, software engineers, the whole vocabulary of meaningless jobs that make up Life in America - other people… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“It is what you don’t expect,” he’d said, “that most needs looking for.” “Do” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“...the insects here see you as a big slab of animated but not very well defended food. The ability to move, far from being… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“There was no way that these guys were going to let a bleeding, barefoot woman simply wander off alone into the streets. Two of… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“Space and Time! Two minor omissions that no one is likely to notice," grumbled Newton.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places, — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“Hey,” Shaftoe says, “if we surrender to you, you’ll kill us. Right?” “Yes.” “If you guys surrender to us, we won’t kill you. Promise.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“My men think you are dead now, and won’t waste balls on you,” Jack said. “In fact I have let you live, but for… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“You’ve probably heard the expression that the Industry feeds off of biomass, like a whale straining krill from the ocean.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He’s got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
Interesting things happen along borders - transitions - not in the middle where everything is the same. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
“and people could only make sense of complicated matters through stories. Likewise” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share
