Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

You never know when something will be useful, so you might as well videotape it.

A bazooka doesn’t do the same thing as a dumpster.”

(everything looks the same in America, there are no transitions now).

Juanita believes that nothing is provably true or provably false in the Bible. Because if it’s provably false, then the Bible is a lie, and if it’s provably true, then the existence of God is proven and there’s no room for faith.

The spear just came at him. He slapped at it with the blade. He happened to slap it at the right time, and it missed him. But he did this almost absentmindedly. Maybe that’s how great warriors do it. Carelessly, not racking their minds with the consequences.

“Why on earth would you go to Astoria, Oregon, at a time like this?”

Anyone who takes the trouble to study the gospels can see that the bodily resurrection is a myth that was tacked onto the real story several years after the real histories were written.

“I’m sorry for reminding you of this, but if we still had laws, the Mafia would be a criminal organization.”

the Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of personal relationships.

opens his mouth so that he can hear better,