“You can't make anyone happy, just like no one else can make you happy. Because real happiness doesn't work like that. You have to learn to be happy on your own. Then you can start worrying about being happy with… — Gavin Extence Copy Share Image
The most important thing I learned [...] was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“The first thing I learned that day was this: what you think you know about a person is only a fraction of the story.” — Gavin Extence Copy Share
In the long history of human affairs, common sense doesn’t have the greatest track record. — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“Well, for each of us the brain creates a whole, unique universe. It contains everything we know. Everything we see or touch. Everything we… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“They called our arrangement a 'Death Pact' - but, really, that's not a phrase that tells you anything important. It's just the kind of… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
I knew how many zeroes there were in a quintillion, but I thought that algebra lived in ponds. — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“It was a uniquely human problem, something no other animal had to put up with, this ability to suffer in multiple tenses – simultaneously… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“The more I thought about Jocelyn's theory, the less bizarre it seemed. Yes, there were things about it that were absolutely cuckoo - Mrs… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“It's possible to find order in chaos, and it's equally possible to find chaos underlying apparent order. Order and chaos are slippery concepts. They're… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“Acknowledging reality for myself was one thing. Having to explain what as happening - and what was going to happen - to another person… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“... The Sirens of Titan …. … ‘That’s a funny name for a book,’ I said with a gulp. ‘Are those women going to… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“Don't you think it's good to serve your country?' I asked. 'No, I don't,' Mr Peterson said. 'I think it's good to serve your… — Gavin Extence Copy Share
“People talk about dark moods, black moods, all the time. But depression isn’t a dark mood. It’s an ash-grey mood, or possibly some type… — Gavin Extence Copy Share