# Quote — William Gibson, Agency

> “My mother’s story,” Netherton said, “held that everything would invariably collapse, if the klept were left to their own resources.”
>
> “Their tedious ambition and contempt for rule of law would bring everything down, around their ears and ours,” Lowbeer said. “They managed to do that with the previous world order, after all, though then it was effectively their goal. They welcomed the jackpot, the chaos it brought.”

- Author: [William Gibson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson.md)
- Book: [Agency](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/agency.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jackpot_trilogy#Agency_(2020)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/agency/my-mothers-story

## More from this book

> Netherton said nothing, something he’d only recently been learning to deliberately do.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/agency/netherton-said-nothing.md)

> “Turkey and Syria weirding you out?…Folks in Frankfurt made me feel like the Cold War never really went away. Somebody shoots down a couple of Russian jets, wham, it’s Cold War Atlantis, risen from the depths.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/agency/turkey-and-syria.md)

> “What’s going on?” asked Manuela, eyeing the container’s door. “Is this a cult? Kidnapping people and telling them somebody’s after them?”
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> “Let me think about it,” Verity said.
>
> “You’re kidnapped too? Let’s fucking escape!”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/agency/whats-going-on-asked.md)