Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

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

Condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

And she, maybe, was beginning to think that if Hiro was so convinced in his own mind that he was unworthy of her, maybe he knew something she didn’t.

it’s the first function of any organization to control its own sphincters.