“Child, all books are magic. Just think,' he said, 'about what books make people do. People go to war on the basis of what they read in books. They believe in "facts" just because they are written down. They decide… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Someone who has the delusion Glass, is made of, does not literally believe herself to be made of glass but rather feels fragile and… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“Child, all books are magic. Just think,' he said, 'about what books make people do. People go to war on the basis of what… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“My mind now has a celebration party and a funeral going on in the same room.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“Even if you did drop into someone's consciousness, you'd have all their memories and desires and hang-ups right there in front of you. And… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“They really do have nothing in common on paper, these people and him. But yet there are so many common reference points; even some… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“Aquinas wondered what would happen if God wanted to achieve universal resurrection. In other words, bringing everybody who had ever lived back to life… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
“There's something romantic about it, of course, in the way only other people's lives can be.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
You tell them what a happy ending consists of, which is always individual success. You tell them that nothing irrational exists in this world,… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share
