The Peripheral Quotes.
1. "Eras are conveniences, particularly for those who never experienced them. We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
2. "Because people who couldn’t imagine themselves capable of evil were at a major disadvantage in dealing with people who didn’t need to imagine, because they already were."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
3. "Encryption isn’t optional, when we address one another, she said."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
4. "If you fancy resenting the tedious, I recommend intentional communities, particularly those led by charismatics. You"
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
5. "So now, in her day, he said, they were headed into androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad shit, like she sort of already knew, figured everybody did, except for people who still said it wasn't happening, and those people were mostly expecting the Second Coming, anyway."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
6. "Be quiet, darling. Let pattern recognition have its way."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
7. "Eras are conveniences, particularly for those who never experienced them. We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves. I’ve"
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
8. "Unstuck her in time, day-sleeping in her bedroom. How old was she? Seven, seventeen, twenty-seven? Dusk or dawn? Couldn’t tell by the light outside. Checked her phone. Evening. The house silent, her mother probably asleep. Out through the smell of her grandfather’s fifty years of National Geographic, shelved in the hall."
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
9. "A few stray bits of Lego edged fitfully about among lower strata,"
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William Gibson, The Peripheral
10. "I have already told you of the sickness and confusion that comes with time travelling. —H. G. WELLS"
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William Gibson, The Peripheral