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Her free hand came up. Daisy came up with it, the faded plastic petals floating in front of her face but gradually fading from view as she sank.

— Neal Stephenson Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019)

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Part 7

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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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