Seveneves: A Novel

deflection of her eyes,

Because it was through trivia that the mind was anchored in reality, as the largest oak tree was rooted, ultimately, in a system of rootlets no larger than the silver hairs on the president’s head.

“A better analogy might be to a burned-down stump being used to ignite a new candle.

comely,

“We are just proceeding adaptively to leverage our core competencies.”

save at the neck.

valedictory

synecdoche

“Tensegrity.”