Cory Doctorow

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.

He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young was like being insane or drunk, like the convictions he held were hallucinations caused by a mental illness that could only be cured by waiting five years.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

I can't go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself.

It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.