Sue

“We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn't bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were valuable in a caveman society. It's our ability to master complex technological skills. It is our ability to be nerds. We need to breed nerds.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“The meeting would later be known as the Council of the Seven Eves.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway