In Real Life Quotes

“Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabulary, posture, eating habits, facial expressions--every detail all the way down to what they allow themselves to find funny.”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

“This life is real too. We're communicating aren't we?”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

“– I understand the world can be cruel place and there are people out there counting on naive kids like you to take advantage of. Don't just think because it's video games people can't get hurt.”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

“When I was an activist in the 1980s, ninety-eight percent of my time was spent stuffing envelopes and writing addresses on them. The remaining two percent was the time we spent figuring out what to put in the envelopes. Today, we get those envelopes and stamps and address books for free. This is so fantastically, hugely different and weird that we haven’t even begun to feel the first tendrils of it.”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

“– Here, take this. It'll give you a boost.
– You spent 90 gold on this??
– 90 gold is nothing when you're the baddest bitch in the virtual universe.”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life