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“People who claim they are motivated by the Purpose end up behaving differently—and generally better—than people who serve other masters.”
“So it is like believing in God.”
“Maybe yes. But without the theology, the scripture, the pigheaded certainty.”

— Neal Stephenson Seveneves (2015)

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The corporations have already planted their own bombs. All we have to do is light the fuses.

Zodiac (1988)

The mere suggestion that it might be possible to look at a thing from more than one point of view was infuriating to these people.

Seveneves (2015)

Nothing in a hardware store ever gets bought for its nominal purpose. You buy something that was designed to do one thing, and you use it for another.

Zodiac (1988)

It is only a certain type of mind that scorns what is known by all and treats secrets as jewels.

Seveneves (2015)

If you’re an engineer, and you’re not very bright, it’s easy to love polychlorinated biphenyls.

Zodiac (1988)

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