Annabel

“It was always this way: The more people talked, the more they obscured. You didn't need to argue for the truth. You could see it.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“ 'Your brain doesn't process language quite like other people. Why that is, I have no idea.'

'I have a superior brain?'

'Uh,' Eliot said, 'I wouldn't go that far.' ”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“You might be an intelligent person, but once you let someone else filter the world for you, you have no way to critically analyze what you’re hearing. At best, absolute best case scenario, if they blatantly contradict themselves, you can spot that. But if they take basic care to maintain an internal logical consistency, which they all do, you’ve got nothing. You’ve delegated the ability to make up your mind.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“He kissed her, because fuck it, he was probably about to die.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon