William Gibson

She was a real human being, and I was a real human being.

From The Neuromancer

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.

From The Neuromancer

There’s no such thing as an unhackable system.

From The Neuromancer

I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess.

From The Neuromancer

We have always already been in the posthuman.

From The Neuromancer

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

From The Neuromancer

The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games.

From The Neuromancer

The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.

From The Neuromancer

The street finds its own uses for things.

From The Neuromancer

Ninety percent of the world’s population has a body in cyberspace.

From The Neuromancer