Cryptonomicon Book Quotes & Sayings

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances. — F Scott Fitzgerald

We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language. — Barack Obama

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? — Jerome

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed. — Terri Windling

It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies. — Lois Capps

One of the things I admire most about John is his ability to hold compassion in one hand and justice in the other. He offers both liberally and yet they don't cancel each other out. — Donald Miller

We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends. — Jack Kerouac

Evangelical churches often make extroversion a prerequisite for leadership, sometimes explicitly. "The priest must be ... an extrovert who enthusiastically engages members and newcomers, a team player," reads an ad for a position as associate rector of a 1,400-member parish. — Susan Cain

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it. — Gael Garcia Bernal

And the difference was this, she mused: those who are twenty don't know what it is like to be forty, whereas those who are forty know what it is like to be twenty. It was a bit like discussing a foreign country with somebody who has never been there. They are prepared to listen, but it's not quite real for them. — Alexander McCall Smith

It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings. — John Steinbeck

I experienced unrequited love early. — Jane Hamilton

The men go out to greet the arrivals. A hundred men come out of the cars, some with machine guns. Shots are fired in the air. They scream, they shout, they hail the hero. The groom will be getting some tonight. The men have come to collect their prize. More men shouting, some come into the house. She stands. The strange man, the groom she has met only twice, smiles at her. She walks out with him. — Rabih Alameddine