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“I hope that this assignment will not prove an inconvenience,” Doc continued.
“All duty is inconvenient to a greater or lesser degree, or it would not be duty.”

Neal Stephenson book Seveneves

“Five Thousand Years Later” (p. 648)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“Trying to, you know, persuade others to join our side. Trying to make the other side look bad. Just like the Internet always was.”

Neal Stephenson book Seveneves

“Endurance” (pp. 518-519)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“You could get use to anything. You got used to it and then time raced by, and before you knew it, time was up.”

Neal Stephenson book Seveneves

“Consolidation: Day 260” (p. 173)
Seveneves (2015), Part One

“Sportsmanship is for sportsmen.”

Neal Stephenson

Diachronicle: day 1960 (10 December, year 5)
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017)

“Reader, if you don’t know what a database is, rest assured that an explanation of the concept would in no way increase your enjoyment in reading this account. If you do know, you will thank me for sparing you the details.”

Neal Stephenson

Diachronicle: Days 57–221 (winter, year 0)
Source: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017)

“You can't get most people to believe how wildly the eco-laws get broken, but if I say "More than twice the legal limit," they get comfortably outraged.”

Neal Stephenson book Zodiac

Source: Zodiac (1988), Chapter 2

“My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with it. Why give some drunk the chance to plaster me against a car? That's why I don't even own a bike light, or one of those godawful reflective suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe — to see you, and to give a fuck — you've already blown it.”

Neal Stephenson book Zodiac

Source: Zodiac (1988), Chapter 5 (Taylor on riding a bike at night)