Matthew Mather

“Stepping through the foot of snow and ash covering the roof, she found the stairway down. The door was locked. She chambered…

— Matthew Mather

“A democracy based on fear is not a democracy. Fear of the commies, fear of the terrorists—it never ends! You know who…

— Matthew Mather

“The use of the shemagh and keffiyeh had been adopted by US troops since the war in Iraq”

— Matthew Mather

“Everything needs to be vetted by a million committees, and we’re afraid of practically everything. We’re just not willing to accept risk…

— Matthew Mather

“Without artificial light, humans were scared animals that scurried into their nests at sunset. Darkness brought out the monsters that existed in…

— Matthew Mather

“This cyberwar felt like it had nothing to do with the future but was a part of the past, as if we…

— Matthew Mather

“Damon stared at me while Chuck read the message, a tendon in his neck flexing. “And we need more guns,” said Chuck…

— Matthew Mather

“The only meaning to life is the one that you give it, and don't let anyone tell you diffrent.”

— Matthew Mather

“enough duct tape, you can fix anything,” he laughed. “Perfect.”

— Matthew Mather

“didn’t take the bait. “Have you been introduced to the Borodins?” I motioned toward the elderly Russian couple at the table beside…

— Matthew Mather

“Do people really want to make the world a better place?” I asked. “Or do they just want to make a better…

— Matthew Mather

“Any technology that was sufficiently advanced seemed like magic to someone unfamiliar,”

— Matthew Mather

“Reaching down, I pulled out the other bags and began stuffing them into my backpack while I looked to the next glowing…

— Matthew Mather

“Taking a deep breath, I realized I had it wrong. There was something we could still do. We can give their loved…

— Matthew Mather

“People spent their lives searching for peace by chasing idle dreams, addictions, money, religion, and even other people, hoping to fill some…

— Matthew Mather

“Pain and fear cleanse the mind,”

— Matthew Mather

“tried to get the gun out, but it had fallen into the snow. The”

— Matthew Mather

“For thirty or forty years, through middle age, they would look almost exactly the same, and then all of a sudden the…

— Matthew Mather

“Sometimes it is necessary to come up with a myth that people can blame, rather than the cold hand of unfeeling fate.”

— Matthew Mather

“Chuck out his hand in the pocket of his parka,”

— Matthew Mather

“It’s possible to navigate the fate of one individual,” I explained, “but the combined fate of billions gains momentum like a supertanker,…

— Matthew Mather

“People saw psychopaths as aberrations, examples of something gone wrong in human programming, but Jake often thought that perhaps we had it…

— Matthew Mather

“My life hadn’t ended, but without anyone else in it, it had ceased to have any meaning.”

— Matthew Mather

“You’re nuts.” “Genius is often described as such.”

— Matthew Mather

“The Internet is in cyberspace, but we”—he paused for effect—“are in meatspace, get it?” Opening”

— Matthew Mather