“The newspapers said nobody made it out alive." "Surely you didn't trust them.” — Max Barry Newspapers Copy Share Image
every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged — Max Barry Copy Share Image
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 Image
“To succeed in sales, you need skills—not skills entirely consistent with moral integrity and emotional well-being, but skills nevertheless.” — Max Barry Customer Copy Share Image
“Wil ate without enthusiasm. His bacon tasted like nothing. Like a dead animal, fried. His eggs, aborted chickens.” — Max Barry Amusing Copy Share Image
Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“It was funny how as soon as you knew there was something better, what you had seemed unbearable.” — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“These emotional cues were distracting. I was used to arguing with scientists who would explain with perfectly bland faces why you were… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“I met a librian recently who said she doesn't read because books are her job and when she goes home, she wanats… — Max Barry Books Copy Share Image
“ 'And so we exchange privacy for intimacy. We gamble with it, hoping that by exposing ourselves, someone will find a way… — Max Barry Compromise Copy Share Image
“I just read them for fun." "Dictionaries?" "Yes." "That doesn't sound like fun. That sounds awful." "Awful used to mean 'full of… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“This isn't an accident; this happens because to people at the top, the scariest thing is how many people there are below.… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President… — Max Barry Adidas Copy Share Image
“I don't think you've been in love. Not recently, anyway. I'm not sure you remember what it's like. It compromises you. It… — Max Barry Love Copy Share Image
“Companies claimed to be highly responsive, Jennifer thought, but you only had to chase a screaming man through their offices to realize… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“All empires fall, eventually.” “But why? It’s not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power… — Max Barry Discipline Copy Share Image
“Over time, there would be less and less of him and more of the tumor. His brain was being eaten by God.… — Max Barry Brain Copy Share Image
She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“He shook his head to clear it, but the world grew dark and angry and would not stay upright. The world did… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
I usually like to interact with people who don't speak until it's necessary but I was intimidated by Carl's physique. I didn't… — Max Barry Body Copy Share Image
“You went to school," Lee said. "I mean, at some point. And it didn't suit you very well. They wanted to teach… — Max Barry Education Copy Share Image
“She decided to sleep with him and get it over with. It was the only way. He had become an annoying jingle,… — Max Barry Falling asleep Copy Share Image
“She looked at her note cards and took a breath. "Why I Love America, by Hayley McDonald's. America is the greatest group… — Max Barry America Copy Share Image
I don't play the lottery. I don't care what my horoscope says. I think most things about the world could be improved… — Max Barry Art Copy Share Image
“Attention words. A single word wasn't enough. Not even for a particular segment. The brain had defenses, filters evolved over millions of… — Max Barry Attention Copy Share Image
“He'd never seen it in person before (the main quarry); it was larger than he'd expected. When he'd first taken an interest,… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“I hadn't known this about love: that you did not need to deserve it. I thought there was a set of criteria,… — Max Barry Humor Copy Share Image
When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently… — Max Barry Book Copy Share Image
Apparently we're now in a state where most ads are full of people looking at us in a way that would heat… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“[S]he was in a pretty crazy place, screaming and waving the bucket-knife around, spattered with blood from head to toe. Lee was… — Max Barry Killing Copy Share Image
“I tended to be skeptical of anything that couldn't be measured, written down, and independently verified across a series of double-blind tests.… — Max Barry Heart beat Copy Share Image
“Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or… — Max Barry Good words 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… — Max Barry Escape Copy Share Image
The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll… — Max Barry Desire Copy Share Image
“ 'Your brain doesn't process language quite like other people. Why that is, I have no idea.' 'I have a superior brain?'… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing… — Max Barry Brain Copy Share Image
“I felt vaguely outraged that such a bad person had such a good car. Because the car was the culmination of a… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“ 'You can't stop me. Your word voodoo, it doesn't work on me. Right? So how do you think you're going to-'… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
![“[S]he was in a pretty crazy place, screaming and waving the bucket-knife around, spattered with blood from head to toe. Lee was lying on the floor, quietly pumping out his life through his throat.” quote by Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/max-barry-7380_killing_s-he-was-in-a-pretty-crazy-place-screami_1204957.jpg)
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