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> [“Even the plainest of events is tied down by a thick tangle of permutation and possibility, but the human mind struggles with such complexity. In times of trouble, when the belief in simple gods breaks down, a cult of conspiracy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/even-the-plainest-of-events-is-tied-down-by-a-thick-tangle-of/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

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## More by Bernard Beckett

> [“Do you believe in God?' Grace asked him. The question was not strange. They were past strangeness. 'Of course' he replied. It was easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/do-you-believe-in-god-grace-asked-him-the-question-was-not-strange/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/i-just-love-the-idea-that-people-disappear-into-the-story-for-a-while/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/there-is-a-fascination-with-fear-it-grabs-our-attention/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [In the end, living is defined by dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/in-the-end-living-is-defined-by-dying/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/science-is-a-little-bit-more-than-a-wonderful-way-of-modelling-and/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [“Ugly's still ugly, no matter how you see it." "An interesting assertion. Justify it." "You bring twenty people in here," Adam told him, "and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/ugly-s-still-ugly-no-matter-how-you-see-it-an-interesting-assertion/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/unable-to-attribute-misfortune-to-chance-unable-to-accept-their/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/consciousness-is-the-feel-of-accessing-memory/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/our-world-is-limited-by-the-machinery-we-carry-it-s-very-different-to/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [“You think the thing you call consciousness is some mysterious gift from the heavens, but in the end consciousness is nothing but the context…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/you-think-the-thing-you-call-consciousness-is-some-mysterious-gift/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [“We have nothing but a history of our own invention to support this view. It suits us to believe it. It allows us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/we-have-nothing-but-a-history-of-our-own-invention-to-support-this/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [The Idea enters the brain from the outside. It rearranges the furniture to make it more to its liking. It finds other Ideas already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/the-idea-enters-the-brain-from-the-outside-it-rearranges-the/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [This is always the problem with building heroes. To keep them pure, we must build them stupid. The world is built on compromise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/this-is-always-the-problem-with-building-heroes-to-keep-them-pure-we/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/from-our-vantage-point-it-is-now-clear-that-the-only-thing-the/)

[Bernard Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-beckett/)

> [Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-beckett/human-spirit-is-the-ability-to-face-the-uncertainty-of-the-future/)

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