--- title: "1 Works Doesn Quotes By Lauren Beukes" description: "1 Works Doesn quotes by Lauren Beukes. Plus more from Lauren Beukes and more Works Doesn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg" --- > [The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-works-because-it-doesn-t/) [Lauren Beukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-beukes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/works-doesn/lauren-beukes/#itemlist", "name": "1 Works Doesn Quotes By Lauren Beukes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Beukes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-beukes/the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-works-because-it-doesn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.” — Lauren Beukes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/works-doesn/lauren-beukes/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/works-doesn/lauren-beukes/", "name": "Works Doesn Quotes by Lauren Beukes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/works-doesn/lauren-beukes/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/lauren-beukes-9103_fairy_the-biggest-fairy-tale-is-that-justice-w_630819.jpg" }, "description": "1 Works Doesn quotes by Lauren Beukes. 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