“I hate golf. It's the genteel version of seal-clubbing, only not as much fun.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's… — Lauren Beukes Cookies Copy Share Image
“They burned this neighbourhood down in the early 1900s to prevent the spread of bubonic plague, and it occurs to me that… — Lauren Beukes Bubonic plague Copy Share Image
“Shining stars linked together through time. A constellation of murder.” — Lauren Beukes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“We do this to ourselves. Society is a poisonous hamster wheel.” — Lauren Beukes Hamster wheel Copy Share Image
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to invent the news. — Lauren Beukes Morning Copy Share Image
“She's even been practicing making out with the back of her hand. Which was about as effective as tickling yourself. It's why… — Lauren Beukes Feelings Copy Share Image
“But since Sloth I've been so monogamous I make the demonstration banana that AIDS educators use to show how to put on… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Nothing is infinitely reducible. You can split an atom but you can't vaporize it. Stuff sticks around. It clings to you, even… — Lauren Beukes Baggage Copy Share Image
“Like Humpty Dumpty. At some point you have to pick up the pieces. Or walk away. Don't look back. Fuck the king's… — Lauren Beukes Eggs in one basket Copy Share Image
“Fine is the very definition of mediocrity. It's what's polite. It's what's socially acceptable. We need to live brighter and deeper than… — Lauren Beukes Mediocrity Copy Share Image
“He adds, wistfully, "I don't suppose you have syphilis, do you?" "No." "Pity. There's a study starting in Alabama that would have… — Lauren Beukes Education Copy Share Image
I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do,… — Lauren Beukes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“...with the amount of sugar I’m doing, she’s lucky I can remember the colour of my eyes without a mirror.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each… — Lauren Beukes Devil Copy Share Image
Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it. — Lauren Beukes Reinvent the wheel Copy Share Image
“Oh, but fine isn't everything!' Rachel exclaims and grabs her hands and pulls her into a stepping foxtrot over the paintings, twirling… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.” — Lauren Beukes Being Copy Share Image
“It doesn't escape him that the rock holding it up is the perfect fit for his fist. Or how easily one of… — Lauren Beukes Perfect fit Copy Share Image
The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of… — Lauren Beukes Locks Copy Share Image
I moved to New York for love, and it was a disaster, in 2000. And then I had American friends who had… — Lauren Beukes Africa Copy Share Image
“You'd think I would know better than to get involved with someone in my own department. But I'm really crap at resisting… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
