Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 12 (p. 160).
Quotes from book
When Gravity Fails
When Gravity Fails is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by American writer George Alec Effinger, published in 1986. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1987 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1988. The title is taken from "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a song by Bob Dylan: "When your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through".
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 2 (p. 17).
“Sometimes the only vitamins I get are in the lime slices in my gimlets.”
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 3 (p. 27).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 7 (p. 89).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 7 (p. 90).
“With a stiff forefinger I silenced the koto music. Peace flooded in; the world thanked me.”
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 3 (p. 23).
“The universe doesn’t have secrets,” I said cynically, “only lies and swindles.”
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 6 (p. 63).
“I was no more eccentric than your average raving loon.”
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 6 (p. 63).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 1 (p. 4).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 168).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 16 (p. 226).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 15 (p. 205).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 2 (p. 20).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 17 (pp. 235-236).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 2 (p. 13).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 20 (p. 270).
“What do you know about the activities of the brain and the nervous system?”
I laughed. “About as much as any hustler from the Budayeen who can barely read and write his name. I know that the brain is in the head, I’ve heard that it’s a bad idea to let some thug spill it on the sidewalk. Beyond that, I don’t know much.” I did, truthfully, know some more, but I always hold something in reserve. It’s a good policy to be a little quicker, a little stronger, and a little smarter than everybody thinks you are.
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 12 (p. 160).
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 3 (p. 31).
