... nothing lasts long. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment - maybe a single pulse of some giant processor somewhere.

I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected

I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes

Kat bought a New York Times but couldn’t figure out how to operate it, so now she’s fiddling with her phone.

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet.

It turns out Dungeons & Dragons is much better on paper than it is in reality.