Maria

“We're an information economy. They teach you that in school. What they don't tell you is that it's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information. Fragments that can be retrieved, amplified...”
― William Gibson, Johnny Mnemonic

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. (A Shadow Passes)”
― Eden Phillpotts, A Shadow Passes

“If people were not by nature insane and resistant to self-improvement or therapy,”
― Jeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen

“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
― Terry Southern