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She knew that when it came down to it, you survived and died alone. But perhaps there was still a comfort in having someone at your side while it happened.
“She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic. Souls can't move that quickly, and are left behind, and must be awaited, upon arrival, like lost luggage.”
― Pattern Recognition
― Pattern Recognition
“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.”
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“Time is money, but also money is money.”
― Pattern Recognition
― Pattern Recognition
“Surveillance is surveillance. I can never understand why some people think it matters whether it's the government doing it to you or a company.”
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