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title: "2 Life Secret Quotes By Lauren Beukes"
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> [Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/everyone-lives-three-versions-of-themselves-a-public-life-a-private/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

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> [“Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life. Watch any kid and how he acts with his friends at school. Ask his momma what he’s like at home. Try and get her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/everyone-lives-three-versions-of-themselves-a-public-life-a-private-2/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

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## More by Lauren Beukes

> [“Being her friend was like going to a tropical island for a little fun in the sun, only to be kidnapped by terrorists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/being-her-friend-was-like-going-to-a-tropical-island-for-a-little-fun/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“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 everywhere. Paranoia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/fear-festers-in-the-imagination-it-s-not-fear-s-fault-that-s-just-the/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [Only other people can make you feel real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/only-other-people-can-make-you-feel-real/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/there-are-patterns-because-we-try-to-find-them-a-desperate-attempt-at/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [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 put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/shakespeare-would-have-it-wrong-these-days-it-s-not-the-world-that-s/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/so-are-you-an-inmate-or-a-rubbernecker-she-asks-rubbernecker-i-answer/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/being-a-journalist-being-exposed-to-the-world-to-social-injustice-to/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/people-don-t-want-novelty-they-want-the-reassurance-of-familiarity-no/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“You can bury your radical magazines and tear up your sexually perverse sketches and burn your sheets. But how do you erase who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/you-can-bury-your-radical-magazines-and-tear-up-your-sexually/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/she-would-disappear-folded-like-origami-into-her-own-dreams/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“That's what I thought" he said. "It doesn't change anything, Zinzi". He moved to kiss me, but as I tilted my head up, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/that-s-what-i-thought-he-said-it-doesn-t-change-anything-zinzi-he/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“You have to do the cutting yourself, to let out the pain inside. Getting someone else to slice you up is cheating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/you-have-to-do-the-cutting-yourself-to-let-out-the-pain-inside/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“Anyone can find they've been standing on the trapdoor when they thought they were the spotlight attraction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/anyone-can-find-they-ve-been-standing-on-the-trapdoor-when-they/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/i-ve-seen-so-many-screw-ups-of-representations-of-south-africa-and-it/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

> [“But she was the kind of girl you couldn't keep down. Unless you cut her up and caved in her skull.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/but-she-was-the-kind-of-girl-you-couldn-t-keep-down-unless-you-cut/)

[Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/)

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