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Thomas Pynchon quotes: Someday it'll all be done by machine. Information machines. Someday it'll all be done by machine. Information machines.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: It was the U.S.A., after all, and fear was in the air. It was the U.S.A., after all, and fear was in the air.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Some typewriters in Whitehall, in the Pentagon, killed more civilians than our little A4 could have ever hoped to. Some typewriters in Whitehall, in the Pentagon, killed more civilians than our little A4 could have ever hoped to.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Ills are many, blessings few, but dreams tonight will shelter you. Ills are many, blessings few,
but dreams tonight will shelter you.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: the one Word that rips apart the day... the one Word that rips apart the day...
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Stencil had called from a Hungarian coffee shop on York Avenue known as Hungarian Coffee Shop Stencil had called from a Hungarian coffee shop on York Avenue known as Hungarian Coffee Shop
Thomas Pynchon quotes: [Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid. [Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Your task, in these dreams, is often to pens. Your task, in these dreams, is often to pens.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: He is a messenger from Slothrop's innocent, pre-octopus past. He is a messenger from Slothrop's innocent, pre-octopus past.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: What? -- RICHARD M NIXON What? -- RICHARD M NIXON
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Paranoids are not paranoid because they're paranoid, but because they keep putting themselves, fucking idiots, deliberately into paranoid situations. Paranoids are not paranoid because they're paranoid, but because they keep putting themselves, fucking idiots, deliberately into paranoid situations.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page. Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: The moment of assassination is the moment when power and the ignorance of power come together, with Death as validator. The moment of assassination is the moment when power and the ignorance of power come together, with Death as validator.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: There was nobody who could help her. Nobody in the world. They were all on something, mad, possible enemies, dead. There was nobody who could help her. Nobody in the world. They were all on something, mad, possible enemies, dead.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: At the corner store they invaded a hot dog stand and drank pina colada to sober up. It did no good. At the corner store they invaded a hot dog stand and drank pina colada to sober up. It did no good.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Time did not so much elapse as grow less relevant. Time did not so much elapse as grow less relevant.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable. If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Zoyd was out of smokes. Zoyd was out of smokes.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Could we have been so much in the midst of life? With such a sense of grand adventure about it all? Could we have been so much in the midst of life? With such a sense of grand adventure about it all?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: He didn't know whether he was planning seduction, or combat, - these, at fourteen, being the only categories of Pleasure he recogniz'd. He didn't know whether he was planning seduction, or combat, - these, at fourteen, being the only categories of Pleasure he recogniz'd.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: A million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it ... A million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it ...
Thomas Pynchon quotes: UTSL, which Maxine at first takes for an anagram of LUST or possibly SLUT but later learns is Unix for Use The Source, Luke. UTSL, which Maxine at first takes for an anagram of LUST or possibly SLUT but later learns is Unix for Use The Source, Luke.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: His workplace has become a rat's nest of empire building, turf defense, careerism, backstabbing, betrayal, and snitchcraft. His workplace has become a rat's nest of empire building, turf defense, careerism, backstabbing, betrayal, and snitchcraft.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Information. What's wrong with dope and women? Is it any wonder the world's gone insane, with information come to be the only real medium of exchange? Information. What's wrong with dope and women? Is it any wonder the world's gone insane, with information come to be the only real medium of exchange?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Man, I want to die, is all," cried Ploy."Don't you know," said Dahoud, "that life is the most precious possession you have? Man, I want to die, is all," cried Ploy.
"Don't you know," said Dahoud, "that life is the most precious possession you have?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: You can only cruse the boulevards of regret so far, and then you've got to get back up onto the freeway again. You can only cruse the boulevards of regret so far, and then you've got to get back up onto the freeway again.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: The past, hey no shit, it's an open invitation to wine abuse. The past, hey no shit, it's an open invitation to wine abuse.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: That joyful feelin' when-you're up-on the ceilin That joyful feelin' when-you're up-on the ceilin
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you. Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Grownups acting like the worst kind of kids, kids acting like they knew what was going on. Grownups acting like the worst kind of kids, kids acting like they knew what was going on.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Everything is some kind of a plot, man. Everything is some kind of a plot, man.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: My mother is the war,' declares Roger Mexico, leaning over to open the door. My mother is the war,' declares Roger Mexico, leaning over to open the door.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: I went to the zoo once and saw this thing they call an anteater. That was quite enough for me. I went to the zoo once and saw this thing they call an anteater. That was quite enough for me.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Next worst thing to unrequited Love, isn't it? Insufficient hate. Next worst thing to unrequited Love, isn't it? Insufficient hate.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: [ ... ] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility. [ ... ] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: They sit there for a minute while unknown forms of life pursue recreational activities in their food. They sit there for a minute while unknown forms of life pursue recreational activities in their food.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance. There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: True pornography is given us by vastly patient professionals. True pornography is given us by vastly patient professionals.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: WE AWAIT SILENT TRISTERO'S EMPIRE. WE AWAIT SILENT TRISTERO'S EMPIRE.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: The figure dropped like an acid tab into the mouth of Time. The figure dropped like an acid tab into the mouth of Time.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: How do you feel about this terrible thing?""Terrible," said Oedipa."Wonderful! How do you feel about this terrible thing?"
"Terrible," said Oedipa.
"Wonderful!
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Down the toilet, lookit me, What a silly thing ta do!Hope nobody takes a pee,Yippy dippy dippy doo ... Down the toilet, lookit me,
What a silly thing ta do!
Hope nobody takes a pee,
Yippy dippy dippy doo ...
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Well, ring-tailed rutabagas. Well, ring-tailed rutabagas.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Was that how he'd died, she wondered, among dreams, crushed by the only ikon in the house? Was that how he'd died, she wondered, among dreams, crushed by the only ikon in the house?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more! Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more!
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Aitisi nai poroja," replied Veikko, a pleasantry long grown routine, meaning, "Your mother fucks reindeer. Aitisi nai poroja," replied Veikko, a pleasantry long grown routine, meaning, "Your mother fucks reindeer.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: There is nothing so loathsome as a sentimental surrealist. There is nothing so loathsome as a sentimental surrealist.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Deep Web advertising, wave of the future, Deep Web advertising, wave of the future,
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed. Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: This spiritualist, this statistician, what are you anyway? This spiritualist, this statistician, what are you anyway?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Doubt is the essence of Christ. Doubt is the essence of Christ.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Our beauty lies in this extended capacity for convolution. Our beauty lies in this extended capacity for convolution.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Makeup supposed to look like no makeup or whatever, Makeup supposed to look like no makeup or whatever,
Thomas Pynchon quotes: It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it. It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: All variables are independent. All variables are independent.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult. To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: You wait. Everyone has an Antarctic. You wait. Everyone has an Antarctic.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: London the secular city instructs him: turn any corner and he can find himself inside a parable. London the secular city instructs him: turn any corner and he can find himself inside a parable.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: So claim'd are the Surveyors in their contra-solar Return by Might-it-bes, and If-it-weres, - not to mention What-was-thats. So claim'd are the Surveyors in their contra-solar Return by Might-it-bes, and If-it-weres, - not to mention What-was-thats.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: She had heard all about excluded middles ; they were bad shit, to be avoided ... She had heard all about excluded middles ; they were bad shit, to be avoided ...
Thomas Pynchon quotes: My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, doesn't like to talk to reporters ... My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, doesn't like to talk to reporters ...
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Just don't tell me you're in love, OK?""Sister, I ain't even in line. Just don't tell me you're in love, OK?"
"Sister, I ain't even in line.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Same old Satanic pact, only more of it. Same old Satanic pact, only more of it.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Dick" Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, "Got to 'scram, Dick" Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, "Got to 'scram,
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of his own shit. Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of his own shit.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Words are only an eye-twitch away from the things they stand for. Words are only an eye-twitch away from the things they stand for.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: What is most appealing about young folks, after all, is the changes, not the still photograph of finished character but the movie, the soul in flux. What is most appealing about young folks, after all, is the changes, not the still photograph of finished character but the movie, the soul in flux.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Together they are a long skin interface, flowing sweat, close as muscles and bones can press, hardly a word beyond her name, or his. Together they are a long skin interface, flowing sweat, close as muscles and bones can press, hardly a word beyond her name, or his.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Culture attracts the worst impulses of the moneyed, it has no honor, it begs to be suburbanized and corrupted. Culture attracts the worst impulses of the moneyed, it has no honor, it begs to be suburbanized and corrupted.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: You see how many whips and things there are here. Our horses are very, very naughty. You see how many whips and things there are here. Our horses are very, very naughty.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in. He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre (attributed to a French observer during the Charge of the Light C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre (attributed to a French observer during the Charge of the Light
Thomas Pynchon quotes: You never want to see kids repeat your own mistakes. You never want to see kids repeat your own mistakes.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Try to squeeze a watermelon into a small tumbler sometime when your reflexes are not so good. It is next to impossible. Try to squeeze a watermelon into a small tumbler sometime when your reflexes are not so good. It is next to impossible.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Remember, she who keepeth the Books runneth the Business. Remember, she who keepeth the Books runneth the Business.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Runners are bouncing up and down at the curb waiting for lights to change. Cops are in coffee shops dealing with bagel deficiencies. Runners are bouncing up and down at the curb waiting for lights to change. Cops are in coffee shops dealing with bagel deficiencies.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: They but appear a solemn People, - worshipping Laughter, rather, as a serious, indeed holy, Force in Nature, never to be invok'd idly. They but appear a solemn People, - worshipping Laughter, rather, as a serious, indeed holy, Force in Nature, never to be invok'd idly.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Now GE has connections with Siemens over here, they worked on the V-2 guidance, Now GE has connections with Siemens over here, they worked on the V-2 guidance,
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Hey, like Godzilla always sez to Mothra - why don't we go eat some place? Hey, like Godzilla always sez to Mothra - why don't we go eat some place?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: These times are unfriendly toward Worlds alternative to this one These times are unfriendly toward Worlds alternative to this one
Thomas Pynchon quotes: She is prey to interior winds he never felt. She is prey to interior winds he never felt.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Film and calculus, both pornographies of flight. Film and calculus, both pornographies of flight.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers. If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross
Thomas Pynchon quotes: And when Franz Ferdinand pays, everybody pays! And when Franz Ferdinand pays, everybody pays!
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Once they have you asking the wrong questions. They don't have to worry about the answers. Once they have you asking the wrong questions. They don't have to worry about the answers.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: There was the old hippie-hating mad dog himself, moonlighting after a busy day of civil-rights violation, as pitchman for Channel View Estates. There was the old hippie-hating mad dog himself, moonlighting after a busy day of civil-rights violation, as pitchman for Channel View Estates.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Maxine recoils, only partly out of the classic accountant's allergy to real folding money Maxine recoils, only partly out of the classic accountant's allergy to real folding money
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Not that the crew of the Toiletship itself were above a practical joke now and then. Not that the crew of the Toiletship itself were above a practical joke now and then.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Is it just this miserable fucking city, too many faces, making us crazy? Are we seeing some wholesale return of the dead?""You'd prefer retail? Is it just this miserable fucking city, too many faces, making us crazy? Are we seeing some wholesale return of the dead?"
"You'd prefer retail?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Two of them there drinking red liquor like it was sadness medicine. Two of them there drinking red liquor like it was sadness medicine.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Don't commit original sin. Try and let her just be. Don't commit original sin. Try and let her just be.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you. Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Keep it bouncing," he'd told her once, "that's all the secret, keep it bouncing. Keep it bouncing," he'd told her once, "that's all the secret, keep it bouncing.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: I don't do lunch. Corrupt artifact of late capitalism. Breakfast maybe? I don't do lunch. Corrupt artifact of late capitalism. Breakfast maybe?
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together. Real flight and dreams of flight go together. Both are part of the same movement. Not A before B, but all together.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever. Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Not everybody benefits from a misspent youth. Not everybody benefits from a misspent youth.
Thomas Pynchon quotes: Length is usually intensity. Not time. Length is usually intensity.
Not time.

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