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> [It’s a shame, sort of a waste, that most people are influenced by what the newspaper supplements tell them is the book they are meant to be seen reading this year. It seems like those people aren’t really interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/it-s-a-shame-sort-of-a-waste-that-most-people-are-influenced-by-what/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

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## More by Steve Aylett

> [“I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/i-knew-books-could-see-people-around-them-they-ground-their-tiny/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“Seemed she should learn to smile when she was unhappy, to stop laughing, to speak up, to never speak to strangers, to share guilt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/seemed-she-should-learn-to-smile-when-she-was-unhappy-to-stop/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“The clerk tripped on the carpet, hit a window and went through, carrying with him a vase which had been on the sill. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/the-clerk-tripped-on-the-carpet-hit-a-window-and-went-through/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [ “\[...\] god's cowardly, it doesn't want to know or take responsibility for what it's doing.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/god-s-cowardly-it-doesn-t-want-to-know-or-take-responsibility-for/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“Any act worth a damn can not be ignored and when an effective person is ignored it’s the result of a deliberate series of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/any-act-worth-a-damn-can-not-be-ignored-and-when-an-effective-person/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [Let us forget the past - this is the only way to be genuinely surprised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/let-us-forget-the-past-this-is-the-only-way-to-be-genuinely-surprised/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/in-america-fundamentalist-christians-believe-the-world-was-created-6/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“Life and death have equal authority in nature. When laws contradict so fundamentally they cause mere confusion in the average soul ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/life-and-death-have-equal-authority-in-nature-when-laws-contradict-so/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“The trustiest rule of social disintegration: bars burn last.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/the-trustiest-rule-of-social-disintegration-bars-burn-last/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [Fractal litigation, whereby the flapping of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world resulted in a massive compensation claim on the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/fractal-litigation-whereby-the-flapping-of-a-butterfly-s-wings-on-one/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“We are a mirror to show god it's cruelty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/we-are-a-mirror-to-show-god-it-s-cruelty/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“We have truth in order not to die of art. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/we-have-truth-in-order-not-to-die-of-art/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“Those who lead double lives do so because they can only count that far”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/those-who-lead-double-lives-do-so-because-they-can-only-count-that-far/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“The most amusing thing about a pantomime horse is the necessity of having to shoot it twice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/the-most-amusing-thing-about-a-pantomime-horse-is-the-necessity-of/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

> [“On July 13, 1994, Lint had a near-death experience, followed immediately by death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/on-july-13-1994-lint-had-a-near-death-experience-followed-immediately/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

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