Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
Memories, TimeWilliam Gibson, Distrust That Particular FlavorFor years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this boy for whatever corner in my heart died when his childhood slid out of my arms.
Children & Childhood, AgeWilliam GibsonThe future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed.
Progress, GlobalizationWilliam Gibson, December 2003When the past is always with you, it may as well be present; and if it is present, it will be future as well.
William Gibson in NeuromancerWe have sealed ourselves away behind our money, growing inward, generating a seamless universe of self.
William Gibson in NeuromancerNight City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button.
William Gibson in NeuromancerCliches became cliches for a reason; that they usually hold at least a modicum of truth, and the following cliche is truer than most: You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been.
William Gibson in NeuromancerCyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.
William Gibson in NeuromancerI guess Twitter is the first thing that has been attractive to me as social media. I never felt the least draw to Facebook or MySpace.
TwitterWilliam GibsonThe sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
William Gibson in Neuromancer