"The Peripheral" Quotes
In "The Peripheral," William Gibson explores a near-future where a woman in a small town becomes entangled in a mysterious connection to a far-future world through advanced technology, uncovering a conspiracy that challenges the fabric of reality.
science fiction | 485 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
People who can afford to have principles are only those who can afford to pay the price of having them.
The future's here, it's just not widely distributed yet.
I think we only feel realer in the company of whatever we decide is 'unreal.'
The future is when the astonishing happens, when astonishment becomes the essential quality of what happens.
The world is increasingly up for grabs, for whoever is willing to take it.
History is a thing that is always happening, always now.
The future is there, always vibrating, always not quite at hand.
People get the reality they want.
The future is a confidence game, a matter of convincing people that you are the future.
There are no sides. There's only the playing field.
