Twelve Tomorrows 2014 Quotes

“I’m convinced that no normal human being ever woke up one morning and said, “Dammit, my life doesn’t have enough petty bureaucratic rules, zero-tolerance policies, censorship, and fear in it. How do I fix that?” Instead, they let this stuff pile up, one compromise at a time, building up huge sores suppurating with spore-loaded fluids that eventually burst free and beslime everything around them. It gets normal to them, one dribble at a time.”
― Bruce Sterling, Twelve Tomorrows 2014

“We,” he intoned, “are the opportunity that recognizes itself.”
― Bruce Sterling, Twelve Tomorrows 2014

“He’s crooked, he’s corrupt, he’s more sly and cynical than Cardinal Richelieu. But you know, to do him credit, there’s something very broad-minded and forgiving about him. People who are civilized and also amoral, well, they don’t make big, harsh demands. They’re willing to let you be.”
― Bruce Sterling, Twelve Tomorrows 2014

“He spread his arms in benediction, like that Jesus statue in Brazil before the Maoists blew it up.”
― Bruce Sterling, Twelve Tomorrows 2014