“And it came to Daisy out of the blue. Her mother was a human being. How rarely she saw it.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Mother used to say that it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
But I don't feel sad about it. Because Mother is dead. And because Mr. Shears isn't around anymore. So I would be… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“She cannot remember her mother's face... This is the woman who brought her into the world... This is the woman her father… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“And I said, “I needed to sit down and be quiet and think.” And he said, “OK, let’s keep it simple. What… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“So often these days she seemed to hover between worlds, none of them wholly real.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word metaphor is a metaphor. I” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Places remained and time flowed through them like wind through the grass. Right now. This was the future turning into the past. One thing… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don't have proper jobs to go to. We are on our… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“And it was strange because he was calling, "Christopher. . . ? Christopher. . . ?" and I could see my name written out… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
