Anathem
He had been groping and grabbing after certainty, as if it were something he could possess. He had been demanding a security, a guarantee, which is not granted, and which, if granted, would become a prison. By simply assuming the validity of real coexistence he was left free to use the lovely geometries of relativity; and then it would be possible
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
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