“I hadn’t been a nerd, mind you. I’d just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.”

“Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.”

“If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.”

“No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed.”

“Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”