“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)

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