“surfing, writing, composing, and programming deep into the night, like it's the early 1980s with the hue of poison-green CRT illuminating the room, Nike running shoes on the floor, hair metal poster on the door, and everything is infinite, made of fibre optics and floppy disks . . .”
“The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.”
“Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf. ”
“With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.”
“in the summer, it's short greens and tall greens and sometimes a smudge of other colors. In winter, it's squinty white,and sometimes deep when it looks flat. In early spring and late fall, the town gets brown and black, like an old photograph.”
“Then I yelled through his door, "It's an anniversary gift for you, asshole. Two whole weeks early. FIFTEEN YEARS IS BIG METAL CHICKENS.”