Ike

“Felt-tip markers, always a scarce resource even on Earth, became objects of great value as people used them to mark directions on the walls of hamster tubes and habitat modules.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“If you can’t understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“He was tempted to add something like I am allowed to coin terms but didn’t want things to get snarky this early in the meeting.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“You will be turning thirty soon, Mr. Kawana, which means that, from now on, you will gradually enter that twilight portion of life—you will be getting older.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84