She walked on, comforted by the surf, by the one perpetual moment of beach-time, the now-and-always of it.
William GibsonYou can get in a cab in Vancouver and the 20-year-old driver speaks more knowingly of Michael Ovitz than anyone in the industry. They just know! And it's perhaps not unhealthy.
William GibsonA nation,โ he heard himself say, โconsists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individualโs morals are situational, that individual is without morals. If a nationโs laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isnโt a nation.
William GibsonYou could have sex relatively comfortably on a platform of books, but not on a platform of PDA.s. Hardcover books. Paperbacks might start sliding around. Though I.d still prefer paperbacks to a pile of PDA.s.
William GibsonI think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.
William GibsonIt's an American thing, but it's particularly a southern thing, and its romanticization is hyper-Southern. And it's still irresistible to me, even in middle age. There's something that pulls me to that, but at the same time, I have this increasing awareness of how banal it really is - that evil is inherently banal.
William Gibson