Quotes from Ernest Cline

Lila!" she said, wincing again. "Such language, honey! Your parents don't let you swear like that around them, do they?" Whoadie folded her arms. "Well, no, they didn't used to," she said. "But they both died in a hurricane when I was little, so now I get to say whatever the fuck I want.

I wanted to propose marriage.

Azért hoztam létre az OASIS-t, mert soha nem találtam a helyem a valóságban. Nem tudtam, hogyan teremtsek kapcsolatot az emberekkel. Egész életemben féltem. Egészen addig, amÃ

flash of silver as the craft streaked laterally

deviant soccer moms in Minnesota.

We played vintage board games, watched movies, and listened to music. We talked for hours. Long, rambling conversations about everything under the sun. Spending time with her was intoxicating. We seemed to have everything in common. We shared the same interests. We were driven by the same goal. She got all of my jokes. She made me laugh. She made me think. She changed the way I saw the world. I'd never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.

with humanity? If this was how we treated each other, how much kindness could we possibly show to some race of bug-eyed beings from beyond?

The sorts of movies my late father had been nuts about.

obsessive adherence to routine and preoccupation with a few obscure areas of interest led many psychologists to conclude that Halliday had suffered from Asperger's syndrome, or from some other form of high-functioning autism.) Despite

But I refused to give up. Until an avatar reached Halliday's Easter egg, anything was still possible. Like any classic videogame, the Hunt had simply reached a new, more difficult level. A new level often required an entirely new strategy. I began to formulate a plan. A bold, outrageous plan that would require epic amounts of luck to pull off.

get your hands on all this moolah?

I wasn't some dilettante.