Words&Dirt

“‘What is your definition of reality?’

‘When you prick a person with a needle, red blood comes out––that’s the real world.’”

––1Q84, by Haruki Murakami, pg. 796

“Like Spock on the deck of the Enterprise, I sit in a corner and await opportunities to jump out and yammer about Science. Unlike Spock, I don’t have anyone reporting to me and I never get to sit in the captain’s chair and aim the phasers. This is probably good.”

–– “Slashdot Interview,” Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing, by Neal Stephenson, pg. 35