The Never Paradox Quotes

“to keep a secret, you hide it somewhere you think is hard to find—then, you don’t tell anyone you hid it. When you want to hide a truth, you put it somewhere dark and call it evil, because only the smart or the brave will find it there. In general, this works well for everyone, because the truth is only a threat to the stupid and the cowardly.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“umm I'm thirsty," Johnathan finally said. "Slug you want to pass me that bottle of-" "Oh, hell no."Riley said.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“The truth doesn't become a lie just because The Devil is the only one willing to speak it.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“As mankind has come to find, there is a dilemma in purging destructive beliefs from society as a whole. To do so is to be guilty of the very thing you abhor: to conclude one view as superior to another’s.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“Some things get worse when you share them,” Jonathan said. “Dad was wise enough not to forget that.” Evelyn looked at him and waited, seeming to hope that if he had said this much, he might say more. “Mother,” he said, “there is not enough guilt in the world to make me forget it, either.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“The human devices are much like that hypothetical computer.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“In the end, it was why he’d decided to leave the camera in his bedroom’s ventilation. The day after Diana disappeared, he’d called an escort service and asked for a dark-skinned brunette in business attire and glasses. He’d instructed the operator that he wanted the girl to respond to the name Olive. He always made Olive keep the glasses on, made her face the foot of the bed so she was right in front of the camera. He wanted Olivia’s whole surveillance team to see him pounding a carbon copy of their boss. He wished he could have been there, seen her face when she watched the footage. Bet you lost that composure of yours? Tell the truth, Princess, Did you get excited? Thinking about it, now, he was worked up enough to call and see if Olive was available this evening,”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“It was flattering, the amount of resources Olivia used to keep tabs on him.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“His fist had targeted it as though he’d exploited the weakness a hundred times before.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“Though unlikely, alien frailties within Malkier could give the few Ferox who questioned his leadership more reason to mistrust him.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox

“When you want to hide a truth, you put it somewhere dark and call it evil, because only the smart or the brave will find it there. In general, this works well for everyone, because the truth is only a threat to the stupid and the cowardly.”
― T. Ellery Hodges, The Never Paradox