Nothing was more fascinating than information. It was infinite in quantity, or effectively so, limited only by the total entropy of the universe; it … - Charles Sheffield

“I wonder why somebody would go to all that trouble to make a complete fool of himself.”
“Come on, Gina, we both know why.”
“Oh, I guess you’re right. Money will always do it.”
Of course.

My aunt doesn't even believe there is a Ship. She says we've been here on Pentecost forever."
"What did you tell her?"
"Nothing. For someone with that view, logic is irrelevant—she'll believe what she chooses, regardless of evidence. Her religion says God placed us here on Pentecost, and for her that's the end of the argument."
"And you?" Peron was aware that she had moved in very close to him. "What do you think?"
"You know what I think. I'm cursed with a logical mind, and a lot of curiosity.

It doesn't make sense," he said huskily. "Nothing ever does before you understand it, and then it seems obvious.