He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock most people, in those days, was to believe that some kinds of behavior were bad and others good, and that it was reasonable to live one's life accordingly.


The Diamond Age (ed. Spectra, 2003) - ISBN: 9780553898200


He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock...

He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock...

He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock...

He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock...