The intern had also discovered a vague little article from the late Sixties saying that Basco had put some "junk machinery" on the floor of the Harbor, giving the usual feeble excuse.
"They claim that this junk was going to become a habitat for marine life. You don't buy that?"
Bless her, she did know how to blow my lid. "Rebecca, goddamnit, since the beginning of time, every corporation that has ever thrown any of its shit into the ocean has claimed that it was going to become a habitat for marine life. It's the goddamn ocean, Rebecca. That's where all the marine life is. Of course it's going to become a habitat for marine life."


Chapter 21 - Zodiac (1988)

Neal Stephenson Quotes

The intern had also discovered a vague little article from the late Sixties saying that Basco had put some junk machinery on the floor of the Harbor, ...

The intern had also discovered a vague little article from the late Sixties saying that Basco had put some junk machinery on the floor of the Harbor, ...

The intern had also discovered a vague little article from the late Sixties saying that Basco had put some junk machinery on the floor of the Harbor, ...

The intern had also discovered a vague little article from the late Sixties saying that Basco had put some junk machinery on the floor of the Harbor, ...