Quotes from Neal Stephenson

That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code.

The full cosmos consists of the physical stuff and consciousness. Take away consciousness and it's only dust; add consciousness and you get things, ideas, and time.

Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight.

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.