# Quote — William Gibson, Count Zero

> Because he had a good agent, he had a good contract. Because he had a good contract, he was in Singapore an hour after the explosion. Most of him, anyway.

- Author: [William Gibson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson.md)
- Book: [Count Zero](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/count-zero.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sprawl_trilogy#Count_Zero_(1986)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/count-zero/because-he-had

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> “Honey,” Jammer said, “you'll learn. Some things you teach yourself to remember to forget.”

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> He was good as new. How good was that? He didn’t know. He took the things the Dutchman gave him and flew out of Singapore. Home was the next airport Hyatt.

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> The Gothick girl regarded Bobby with mild interest but no flash of human recognition whatever, as though she were seeing an ad for a product she’d heard of but had no intention of buying.

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