"This is America. People do whatever the fuck they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a r…"

"HIRO PROTAGONIST Last of the freelance hackers Greatest sword fighter in the world Stringer, Central Intelligence Cor…"

"Hiro, who as of thirty seconds ago is no longer the Deliverator, gets out of the car and pulls his swords out of the …"

"When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins."

"Y.T. has been privileged to watch many a young Clint plant his sweet face in an empty Burbclave pool during an unauth…"

"CHISELED SPAM is what you will see in the mirror if you surf on a weak plank with dumb, fixed wheels and interface wi…"

"The world is full of power and energy and a person can go far by just skimming off a tiny bit of it."

"He is not seeing real people, of course. This is all a part of the moving illustration drawn by his computer accordin…"

"It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely beli…"

"When it gets down to it—talking trade balances here—once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries,…"