--- title: "1 Universe Maybe Quotes By Hanya Yanagihara" description: "1 Universe Maybe quotes by Hanya Yanagihara. Plus more from Hanya Yanagihara and more Universe Maybe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/hanya-yanagihara-4245_life_answer-it-is-also-then-that-i-wish-i-bel_2187016.jpg" --- > [“answer. It is also then that I wish I believed in some sort of life after life, that in another universe, maybe on a small red planet where we have not legs but tails, where we paddle through the atmosphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/answer-it-is-also-then-that-i-wish-i-believed-in-some-sort-of-life/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/hanya-yanagihara-4245_life_answer-it-is-also-then-that-i-wish-i-bel_2187016.jpg) ## More by Hanya Yanagihara > [“People who don’t love math always accuse mathematicians of trying to make math complicated,” Dr. Li had said. “But anyone who does love math…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/people-who-don-t-love-math-always-accuse-mathematicians-of-trying-to/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“At night, as beneath him his parents completed their routines, the banging of the old pipes as they washed their faces and the sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/at-night-as-beneath-him-his-parents-completed-their-routines-the/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [To be a scientist you have to be willing to live with uncertainty for a long time. Research scientists begin with a question and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/to-be-a-scientist-you-have-to-be-willing-to-live-with-uncertainty-for/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/why-wasn-t-friendship-as-good-as-a-relationship-why-wasn-t-it-even/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“But fairness is not the only, or even the most important, consideration in law: the law is not always fair. Contracts are not fair,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/but-fairness-is-not-the-only-or-even-the-most-important-consideration/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“I would hold him in my arms and wait to cross the street and would think how absurd it was that my child, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/i-would-hold-him-in-my-arms-and-wait-to-cross-the-street-and-would/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“The easiest explanations are often the right ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/the-easiest-explanations-are-often-the-right-ones/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“my father said the whole world seemed made of sound and nothing else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/my-father-said-the-whole-world-seemed-made-of-sound-and-nothing-else/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“He cleaned so he wouldn't cut himself, because he was cutting himself so much that even he knew how crazy, how destructive he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/he-cleaned-so-he-wouldn-t-cut-himself-because-he-was-cutting-himself/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“There was something scary and anxiety-inducing about being in a space where nothing seemed to be forbidden to him, where everything was offered to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/there-was-something-scary-and-anxiety-inducing-about-being-in-a-space/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [The big characters who occupy science, especially modern science, are all "off" in fundamental ways. I don't think that genius goes hand in hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/the-big-characters-who-occupy-science-especially-modern-science-are/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“Sometimes I would have to take my glasses off simply so the world would smudge and recede for a moment and cease to seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/sometimes-i-would-have-to-take-my-glasses-off-simply-so-the-world/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [I credit my parents for many things that had never seemed remarkable when I was growing up, and one of those things is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/i-credit-my-parents-for-many-things-that-had-never-seemed-remarkable/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [I have one friend to whom I've told more than I've ever told anyone, and yet there are significant territories I have and will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/i-have-one-friend-to-whom-i-ve-told-more-than-i-ve-ever-told-anyone/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) > [“If you keep trying to find everything, you’ll wind up with nothing. AMY:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/if-you-keep-trying-to-find-everything-you-ll-wind-up-with-nothing-amy/) [Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-maybe/hanya-yanagihara/#itemlist", "name": "1 Universe Maybe Quotes By Hanya Yanagihara", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“answer. 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