... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.
Cory DoctorowWrite even when the world is chaotic. You donโt need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.
Cory DoctorowGiant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces in mild disgust.
Cory DoctorowIt's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.
Cory DoctorowEach generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the Garden. Therefore, no rabbi is allowed to overturn any of his forebears' wisdom, since they are all, by definition, smarter than him.
Cory Doctorow