Company Town Quotes

“The whole bioluminescent inkjob trend really didn’t work for white people. Not enough contrast.”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“The dance took place on a viewpoint level of Tower Four. Each hour, the whole floor would make a single revolution, so couples at tables could see both the city and the ocean. This was by far its lowest-tech feature. The Synth-Bio Club had engineered all manner of plants and animals just for the occasion: grabby little tentacular vines that climbed up the walls, twirling maple keys that danced and spun in the air like pixies and spiralled up from whatever surface they touched, butterflies that dampened signal by flapping their Faraday wings.
None of the students really noticed. They were too busy miming anal on the dance floor.”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“The minisub burbled up to the surface like a bout of bad tacos;”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“They hate women,” Moore said. “Serial killers are the zenith of misogyny.” “No, Mr. Moore, that would be the invention of the corset,”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“You know a lot of sick people,” he said. “I know a lot of dead people.” Sandro reached over to a shelf above the scanner, dug in behind some beakers and flasks, and pulled out a necklace. A rabbit’s foot dangled at the end of it. He slung it over his head. “You’re an ill wind, you.” “You should meet me mum.”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“It was too late, of course, for California. But California has always been a place where dreams go to live or die.”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town

“I can see it, when your heart slows down. That’s how I know when to call. I keep your heart—the icon of your heart—in one corner of my vision. All the time.” Her stomach flipped over and tried to exit through her fingertips. Adrenaline jangled down her arms like music. Her mouth went dry and all she could taste was the burn of the drug in her throat. “See, there? It skipped.”
― Madeline Ashby, Company Town