“...with the amount of sugar I’m doing, she’s lucky I can remember the colour of my eyes without a mirror.” — Lauren Beukes Mirror Copy Share Image
“But she was the kind of girl you couldn't keep down. Unless you cut her up and caved in her skull.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“I hate golf. It's the genteel version of seal-clubbing, only not as much fun.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own. — Lauren Beukes Fury Copy Share Image
There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Affectionate violence. For when a hug just won't do. That's a Hallmark card for you.” — Lauren Beukes Affectionate Copy Share Image
“You have to do the cutting yourself, to let out the pain inside. Getting someone else to slice you up is cheating.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Twitter is amazing. I advertised for the position of research assistant on Twitter, and both of my researchers came from there. — Lauren Beukes Amazing Copy Share Image
I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do,… — Lauren Beukes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Nothing is infinitely reducible. You can split an atom but you can't vaporize it. Stuff sticks around. It clings to you, even… — Lauren Beukes Baggage Copy Share Image
“A gut wound will drop a man in his tracks every time. Harper always found it more personal than bullets, getting right… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to… — Lauren Beukes Fabulous Copy Share Image
“The world is condensing, attention spans narrowing to tiny screens, and there are people who are wittier and smarter, who know how… — Lauren Beukes Attention span Copy Share Image
Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“There is aerated ink caked in the air vents from the printing presses that shake the whole building when they run. Some… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Anyone can find they've been standing on the trapdoor when they thought they were the spotlight attraction.” — Lauren Beukes Attraction Copy Share Image
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to invent the news. — Lauren Beukes Early morning Copy Share Image
“Shining stars linked together through time. A constellation of murder.” — Lauren Beukes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.” — Lauren Beukes Hell Copy Share Image
“If you want to kiss me again, then shut the fuck up and stop bleeding to death” — Lauren Beukes Death Copy Share Image
“Fear festers in the imagination. It’s not fear’s fault. That’s just the way it’s made. Nightmares breed. Allies become enemies. Subversives are… — Lauren Beukes Fear Copy Share Image
People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds… — Lauren Beukes Affirmation Copy Share Image
Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Gabi had felt the same way. As if the universe had abruptly expanded, like opening up a map, in a way she… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Don’t let anyone tell you that Apartheid has nothing to do with South Africa now. Those roots run deep and tangled and… — Lauren Beukes Africa Copy Share Image
I did a lot of research on real serial killers, and they're not Hannibal Lecters. They're cruel men who are given the… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Don't get too close buddy ' I warn Sloth. Unofficially there's a code of conduct but animals are still animals. And animals… — Lauren Beukes Animal Copy Share Image
“Fine is the very definition of mediocrity. It's what's polite. It's what's socially acceptable. We need to live brighter and deeper than… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it… — Lauren Beukes Desperate Copy Share Image
“She's even been practicing making out with the back of her hand. Which was about as effective as tickling yourself. It's why… — Lauren Beukes Feelings Copy Share Image
