Kaitlyn Kavanagh

“I know you’ve heard Mike’s side of the story. Let me guess – I cheated on him, and he was outraged, and we argued, and he slapped me, and I hit my head on something and died, right? Fucking liar.”
― Naomi Kramer, Dead[ish]

“Kikkhf fkattkx hfkixu zttkcu,” she said.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“Civilizations rose and fell; what caused them to be remembered was not their contribution to knowledge or culture, not even the size of their empires, but rather how much force they extorted upon the landscape.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“Words aren’t just sounds or shapes. They’re meaning. That’s what language is: a protocol for transferring meaning. When you learn English, you train your brain to react in a particular way to particular sounds. As it turns out, the protocol can be hacked.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon