“Of course the Curies died. They identified ionizing radiation while bathing in it. There were risks involved in being your own guinea pig. But there was a long tradition of scientists doing just that: of paying for the expansion of… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Well, I like to know where I'm going before I try to get there. It's a mistake to try to execute a plan before… — Max Barry Copy Share
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as… — Max Barry Copy Share
By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually… — Max Barry Copy Share
“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a librarian recently… — Max Barry Copy Share
“I met a librian recently who said she doesn't read because books are her job and when she goes home, she wanats to switch… — Max Barry Copy Share
I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of… — Max Barry Copy Share
“What was it Like?" "What was what like?" he said, although he knew. "Quick, I imagine. But you must have perceived something. A split… — Max Barry Copy Share
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are. — Max Barry Copy Share
every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged — Max Barry Copy Share
“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so many brokers… — Max Barry Copy Share
“The newspapers said nobody made it out alive." "Surely you didn't trust them.” — Max Barry Copy Share
“Attention words. A single word wasn't enough. Not even for a particular segment. The brain had defenses, filters evolved over millions of years to… — Max Barry Copy Share
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did. — Max Barry Copy Share
When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all. — Max Barry Copy Share
