Today we have a rebirth of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. From seldom-read pages in dusty Bibles they come forth as real cities in a real world, depicting a real malady--pernicious permissiveness.

Perhaps the only reason they survived, Stencil reasoned, was that they were not alone. God knew how many more there were with a hothouse sense of time, no knowledge of life, and at the mercy of Fortune.

Mason glowers, shaking his head. "I've ascended, descended, even condescended, and the List's not ended,— but haven't yet trans-cended a blessed thing, thankee.

Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond “awesome” and “sucks”, which for a vast range of human endeavour, actually, is more than enough…

I still don't even know for sure what a tendril is.

The grandeur of space, dig it. Zillions of stars, each one gets its own pixel.” “Awesome.” “Maybe, but it’s code’s all it is.

If the tower is everywhere and the knight of deliverance no proof against its magic,what else?

[Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid.

Hair and drug-use issues notwithstanding, I've never thought of you as any less than professional.

Though it is not often that death is so clearly told to fuck off.

Paranoids are not paranoid because they're paranoid, but because they keep putting themselves, fucking idiots, deliberately into paranoid situations.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

Thoughts come c.early while one walks.

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

Pictures ... flashed on her in sudden color, too much color, shocking color, the color that leaps out of black when lightning strikes at night.

When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.

Show Dr. Princi your teeth. That's right, let's see 'em all. Christ, Sparks, is that your tongue or are you swallowing a squirrel? Keep moving -

He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.

God will take you through hell, just to get you to heaven.

Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.

Life is not what it's supposed to be.It's what it is.The way you cope with it is what makes the difference