“Enigma” is a book about two people who are complete opposites to the point where they are alike, the two try to become friends yet over and over again they cannot seem to get along. The two people are so confused by the other because they don’t understand anything about their ways to the point where they keep attracting each other in a means to find out the “truth”. At some point in the end when one is beginning to understand just the outer surface of the other, death comes knocking at their door (the other in question). it shows how even if you begin to understand one layer of a person there will always be another beneath it. i forget who wrote the book i read this a long time ago and didn’t understand half of it but i like to think about this quote often.
But, in the end it could not have been enough. He found himself wondering, could they really had been friends in another universe? Would he have survived in a different world? Admittedly, the boy was an enigma, a confusing entity but so valuable, like the ancient diamonds in museums, guarded by a vault, surrounded by a web of falsehood. In this case, the boy was in no vault, there was no treasure, and no web, because he himself was the embodiment of a lie.
I think this quote is interesting because it really shows how complex human beings can be in a way, like how even people you thought you could begin to understand just have layers and layers of complexity beneath them. it also shows how despite your confusion and dislike for people they can still be valuable in your life, how you never really notice something until its really gone? “embodiment of a lie” shows how no matter what you do, in some way or form you are lying to yourself and others, how you are nothing but a lie. i also think this quote is sweet because its like missing someone who meant something to you, even if you deny it. how either way the memory stays in your mind to linger.