“Maelcum a rude boy," said the other, "an' a righteous tug pilot.”

“Damien is a friend.Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.”

“Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others”

“Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look real until they learned how to put some dirt in it?”

“Wonderful", the Flatline said, "I never did like to do anything simple when I could do it ass-backwards.”

“Hell of a world we live in, huh? (...) But it could be worse, huh?""That's right," I said, "or even worse, it could be perfect.”

“Well,' Rydell said, trying to pick up his end, 'I was watching this one old movie last night-'Sublett perked up. 'Which one?'Dunno,' Rydell said. 'This guy's in L.A. and he's just met this girl. Then he picks up a pay phone, 'cause it's ringing. Late at night. It's some guy in a missile silo somewhere who knows they've just launched theirs at the Russians. He's trying to phone his dad, or his brother, or something. Says the world's gonna end in short order. Then the guy who answered the phone hears these soldiers come in and shoot the guy. The guy on the phone, I mean.'Suhlett closed his eyes, scanning his inner trivia-banks. 'Yeah? How's it end?'Dunno,' Rydell said. 'I went to sleep.”