“We do this to ourselves. Society is a poisonous hamster wheel.” — Lauren Beukes Hamster wheel Copy Share Image
The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't. — Lauren Beukes Fairy Copy Share Image
Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Being her friend was like going to a tropical island for a little fun in the sun, only to be kidnapped by… — Lauren Beukes Friend Copy Share Image
“I'm scared, Mom." ... "It's okay, honey. It's all right. That's the big secret, don't you know? Everyone is. All the time.” — Lauren Beukes Fear Copy Share Image
“And he's sorry he ever doubted the House. She's the one. One of the ones. His shining girls.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.” — Lauren Beukes Being Copy Share Image
“Like Humpty Dumpty. At some point you have to pick up the pieces. Or walk away. Don't look back. Fuck the king's… — Lauren Beukes Eggs in one basket Copy Share Image
The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“You can bury your radical magazines and tear up your sexually perverse sketches and burn your sheets. But how do you erase… — Lauren Beukes Perverse Copy Share Image
“Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out… — Lauren Beukes Happiness Copy Share Image
“Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each… — Lauren Beukes Devil Copy Share Image
“It doesn't escape him that the rock holding it up is the perfect fit for his fist. Or how easily one of… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“They burned this neighbourhood down in the early 1900s to prevent the spread of bubonic plague, and it occurs to me that… — Lauren Beukes Bubonic plague Copy Share Image
“But since Sloth I've been so monogamous I make the demonstration banana that AIDS educators use to show how to put on… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“In the forest, they did things to drive us mad. Muti. Drugs. Rape. Killing Games. (...) God is not in the forest.… — Lauren Beukes Forest Copy Share Image
I moved to New York for love, and it was a disaster, in 2000. And then I had American friends who had… — Lauren Beukes Africa Copy Share Image
“I yank open the cutlery drawer to be confronted with an anomaly worse than emails from dead people or a man with… — Lauren Beukes Cutlery Copy Share Image
“Oh, but fine isn't everything!' Rachel exclaims and grabs her hands and pulls her into a stepping foxtrot over the paintings, twirling… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“The post-divorce lines around Gabby's mouth tugged down her whole face. She suddenly looks older. Older than the image Layla carries in… — Lauren Beukes Cops Copy Share Image
So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff,… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life. Watch any kid and how he… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Grown-up relationships are complicated. We got what we needed from each other. Passion. A safety net. Some kind of solace. It's lonely… — Lauren Beukes Love Copy Share Image
“He adds, wistfully, "I don't suppose you have syphilis, do you?" "No." "Pity. There's a study starting in Alabama that would have… — Lauren Beukes Education Copy Share Image
“You'd think I would know better than to get involved with someone in my own department. But I'm really crap at resisting… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“That's what I thought" he said. "It doesn't change anything, Zinzi". He moved to kiss me, but as I tilted my head… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
What I love about collaborating is that you're working with other minds that work differently to yours. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“The genuinely powerful, unlike the Vuyos of this world, don't give a fuck about making an impression.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
It's hard to get justice in the real world. It's possible in fiction. — Lauren Beukes Fiction Copy Share Image
I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time. — Lauren Beukes Africa Copy Share Image
