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CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1) QUOTES

CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1) QUOTES

1 " The separation between the cyber and the physical worlds was disappearing. Cyberbullying was just bullying, and cyberwar was just war - the true age of cyber began when we started removing it as a descriptor. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

2 " Technology couldn't revert, but humans could, and they did with startling ease and rapidity when the trappings of the modern world melted away. The tribal animal was always there, hiding just beneath our thin skins of lattes and cell phones and cable TV. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

3 " If you don’t pay for a product, then you are the product. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

4 " Freedom is civil liberty, and the foundation of civil liberty is privacy. No privacy means no civil liberty means no freedom. You know why they don’t just fingerprint everyone? "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

5 " Without artificial light, humans were scared animals that scurried into their nests at sunset. Darkness brought out the monsters that existed in our primal collective imaginations, the creatures from under the bed, all of which disappeared with the flick of a switch and the warm glow of an incandescent bulb. Modern cities were filled with massive and awe-inspiring structures, but without artificial light, "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

6 " Technology couldn’t revert, but humans could, and they did so with startling ease and swiftness when the trappings of the modern world melted away. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

7 " The criminals force society to improve. They weed out the weak, making us strengthen our institutions and networks. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

8 " 1910 there were more electric-powered cars on the streets of New York than gas-powered ones, and everyone back then assumed that electric cars were the future—they made a lot more sense than the crazy engines that ran on controlled explosions of volatile, toxic chemicals. But Rockefeller funded Ford to make sure that gas-powered cars, not electric, would be the way of the future, so he would have a place to sell his oil.” “I "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

9 " She sighed and pushed herself back into me. “Mike, I’m so proud of you.” In one motion, she swiveled around in the tub and kissed me wetly. “I love you.” Reaching down, I gripped her buttocks and pulled her up onto me. I was aroused, and she smiled, biting my lip. Just then there was a loud rap on the door. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

10 " For just a moment I allowed myself the pleasure of watching her naked, wet body climb out of the tub. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

11 " Freedom is civil liberty, and the foundation of civil liberty is privacy. No privacy means no civil liberty means no freedom. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

12 " they had a large holiday tree, beautifully decorated, occupying nearly half of their living room. I’d been surprised last year when they’d asked me to help them get a tree, but I’d learned that this wasn’t a Christmas tree, but a New Year tree. It was the nicest one on our floor, whatever it was called. Irena "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

13 " launches a "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

14 " Meat is murder,” laughed Chuck. “Tasty, tasty murder. You’d be surprised what you can stomach when you need "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

15 " The Internet is in cyberspace, but we”—he paused for effect—“are in meatspace, get it? "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

16 " Or CNN was bombed,” joked Chuck. “Not that I would be entirely against that. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

17 " was early morning as we made our way down Ninth Avenue, and a pristine carpet of white covered all the hurt and mess the city had become. We "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

18 " At least with nuclear weapons you know they’re scary—Hiroshima, Bikini—but with cyber, nobody knows how much damage they’ll cause if they let them loose, and they’re merrily sticking them into each other’s infrastructure like candy canes on a doomsday Christmas tree. "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

19 " Hanging in front of the hotel was a billboard, still perfect and untouched. It was an ad for a premium vodka, featuring a smiling man in a tuxedo and a woman in a sleek black dress. They seemed like alien creatures, laughing as they surveyed the wreckage at their feet and enjoying a drink at our expense. Something "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)

20 " Without artificial light, humans were scared animals that scurried into their nests at sunset. Darkness brought out the monsters that existed in our primal collective imaginations, the creatures from under the bed, all of which disappeared with the flick of a switch and the warm glow of an incandescent bulb. Modern cities were filled with massive and awe-inspiring structures, but without artificial light, who would want to inhabit their dark interiors? "

― Matthew Mather , CyberStorm (Cyberstorm, #1)