Quotes from Max Barry, Lexicon

Within perfect walls there is nothing worth protecting. There is, in fact, nothing. And so we exchange privacy for intimacy.

People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.

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.

The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.

Wil ate without enthusiasm. His bacon tasted like nothing. Like a dead animal, fried. His eggs, aborted chickens.