“Everything was unmentionable but nothing was unimaginable. This mystical flirtation with the idea of “sin”—this sense that it was possible to go “too far,” and that many people were doing it—was very much with us in Los Angeles in 1968 and 1969.”
― The White Album: Essays
― The White Album: Essays
“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence — but more generally takes the form of apathy...”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Disorder was its own point.”
― The White Album: Essays
― The White Album: Essays
“I remember all of the day’s misinformation very clearly, and I also remember this, and wish I did not: I remember that no one was surprised.”
― The White Album: Essays
― The White Album: Essays
“Case lowered the gun. “This is the matrix. You’re Wintermute.”
― Neuromancer
― Neuromancer
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