--- title: "1 Stalked Advertisements Quotes By C.S. Friedman" description: "1 Stalked Advertisements quotes by C.S. Friedman. Plus more from C.S. Friedman and more Stalked Advertisements sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/c-s-friedman-22610_advertisement_connecting-to-the-outernet-was-less-of-a_268083.jpg" --- > [“Connecting to the outernet was less of a shock this time, as the monitor gave him a sense of distance from it, but it was still annoying. How did these people live with such a system, stalked by advertisements and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/connecting-to-the-outernet-was-less-of-a-shock-this-time-as-the/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/c-s-friedman-22610_advertisement_connecting-to-the-outernet-was-less-of-a_268083.jpg) ## More by C.S. Friedman > [Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/tomorrow-could-not-get-better-if-one-failed-to-survive-today/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“Connecting to the outernet was less of a shock this time, as the monitor gave him a sense of distance from it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/connecting-to-the-outernet-was-less-of-a-shock-this-time-as-the/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“He’d once had to fight off a pack of ghouls in below-zero weather with nothing on but a pair of socks, and it wasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/he-d-once-had-to-fight-off-a-pack-of-ghouls-in-below-zero-weather/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“It is in the nature of man that he is antagonistic toward the others of his sex. Each man sees in another a potential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/it-is-in-the-nature-of-man-that-he-is-antagonistic-toward-the-others/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“The more I think about it, the more it frightens me." "So why are you getting involved?" He shut his eyes. "So I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-more-i-think-about-it-the-more-it-frightens-me-so-why-are-you/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/i-sold-my-soul-for-knowledge-of-the-future-only-to-have-that-very/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/what-is-a-child-he-asks-her-the-diamond-gaze-does-not-flinch/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“Look," she told me. "A good kreda is very hard to find. I invested a lot of time and memory in you. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/look-she-told-me-a-good-kreda-is-very-hard-to-find-i-invested-a-lot/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“It struck Hsing suddenly that Masada didn't even understand the nature of his own genius. To him the patterns of thought and motive that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/it-struck-hsing-suddenly-that-masada-didn-t-even-understand-the/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“Amazing, is it not, that in the face of death we hunger for distraction, and are wont to focus on other things, trivial things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/amazing-is-it-not-that-in-the-face-of-death-we-hunger-for-distraction/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“Fear would come in time, no doubt, but that did not mean she had to issue it a formal invitation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/fear-would-come-in-time-no-doubt-but-that-did-not-mean-she-had-to/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/in-a-world-where-data-is-coin-of-the-realm-and-transmissions-are/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“The gods, he knows now, will not help mankind. If they even exist—which he is no longer certain of—it is clear they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-gods-he-knows-now-will-not-help-mankind-if-they-even-exist-which/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“The Tyr had tried. It had really tried. It must have gone over every element of human psychology, tried desperately to understand the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-tyr-had-tried-it-had-really-tried-it-must-have-gone-over-every/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) > [“All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/all-data-leaves-a-trail-the-search-for-data-leaves-a-trail-the/) [C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stalked-advertisements/c-s-friedman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stalked Advertisements Quotes By C.S. Friedman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Connecting to the outernet was less of a shock this time, as the monitor gave him a sense of distance from it, but it was still annoying. How did these people live with such a system, stalked by advertisements and \"free\" offers and icons that would take you to another site, unasked-for, the moment you gave them your attention? It was like wending your way through an obstacle course. Perhaps after a while you just learned to tune it all out... or perhaps you could buy programs that did it for you. 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