Quotes from book
Islands in the Net


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“Agriculture is the oldest and most vicious of humanity’s bio-technologies.”

Source: Islands in the Net (1988), Chapter 11 (p. 389)

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“Where there’s war, there’s whores.”

Source: Islands in the Net (1988), Chapter 5 (p. 168)

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“When the People march in one direction, it only hurts to ask awkward questions.”

Source: Islands in the Net (1988), Chapter 4 (p. 109)

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“Real life was where the baby was.”

Source: Islands in the Net (1988), Chapter 4 (p. 97)

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