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Mark Haddon Quotes

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven’t shared their experience in some small way Picture Quote #1

I think one of the things you have to learn if you’re going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of people Picture Quote #1

I’ve come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can’t describe Picture Quote #1

As to the number of novels I’ve abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that’s a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort Picture Quote #1

Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable Picture Quote #1

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I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don’t have proper jobs to go to. We are on our own all day. Show me a writer who doesn’t get depressed: who has a completely stable mood. They’d be a garage mechanic or something Picture Quote #1

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don’t know how to deal with them in real life Picture Quote #1

Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them Picture Quote #1

At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of the time your mind was somewhere else. By the time you got to seventy, it was probably like watching snooker on the telly Picture Quote #1

Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying Picture Quote #1

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are Picture Quote #1

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It exasperated her sometimes. The way men could be so sure of themselves. They put words together like sheds or shelves and you could stand on them they were so solid. And those feelings which overwhelmed you in the small hours turned to smoke Picture Quote #1

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought Picture Quote #1

He really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility Picture Quote #1

Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new Picture Quote #1

I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish Picture Quote #1

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them. It’s just that scientists haven’t found the answer yet Picture Quote #1

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I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie Picture Quote #1

.. because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling Picture Quote #1

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk Picture Quote #1

Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are Picture Quote #1

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don’t get lost in time Picture Quote #1

I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand Picture Quote #1

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... and I went into the garden and lay down and looked at the stars in the sky and made myself negligible Picture Quote #1

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth Picture Quote #1

You could ask for hugs if you were feeling sad or you’d hurt yourself, but when it happened spontaneously it made you feel warm inside Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t about believing this or that, it wasn’t even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world Picture Quote #1

And what he meant was that maths wasn’t like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end Picture Quote #1

How pleased we are to have our eyes opened but how easily we close them again Picture Quote #1

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I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books (Mark Haddon Quotes) I think I’ve learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven’t shared their experience in some small way (Mark Haddon Quotes) I think one of the things you have to learn if you’re going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of people (Mark Haddon Quotes) I’ve come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can’t describe (Mark Haddon Quotes) As to the number of novels I’ve abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that’s a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort (Mark Haddon Quotes) Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable (Mark Haddon Quotes) I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don’t have proper jobs to go to. We are on our own all day. Show me a writer who doesn’t get depressed: who has a completely stable mood. They’d be a garage mechanic or something (Mark Haddon Quotes) Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don’t know how to deal with them in real life (Mark Haddon Quotes) Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them (Mark Haddon Quotes) At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of the time your mind was somewhere else. By the time you got to seventy, it was probably like watching snooker on the telly (Mark Haddon Quotes) Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying (Mark Haddon Quotes) All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are (Mark Haddon Quotes) It exasperated her sometimes. The way men could be so sure of themselves. They put words together like sheds or shelves and you could stand on them they were so solid. And those feelings which overwhelmed you in the small hours turned to smoke (Mark Haddon Quotes) And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought (Mark Haddon Quotes) He really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility (Mark Haddon Quotes) Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new (Mark Haddon Quotes) I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish (Mark Haddon Quotes) Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them. It’s just that scientists haven’t found the answer yet (Mark Haddon Quotes) I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie (Mark Haddon Quotes) .. because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling (Mark Haddon Quotes) I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk (Mark Haddon Quotes) Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are (Mark Haddon Quotes) ... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don’t get lost in time (Mark Haddon Quotes) I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand (Mark Haddon Quotes) ... and I went into the garden and lay down and looked at the stars in the sky and made myself negligible (Mark Haddon Quotes) And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth (Mark Haddon Quotes) You could ask for hugs if you were feeling sad or you’d hurt yourself, but when it happened spontaneously it made you feel warm inside (Mark Haddon Quotes) It wasn’t about believing this or that, it wasn’t even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world (Mark Haddon Quotes) And what he meant was that maths wasn’t like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end (Mark Haddon Quotes) How pleased we are to have our eyes opened but how easily we close them again (Mark Haddon Quotes)

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