Mark Haddon Quotes

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• It exasperated her sometimes. The way men could be so sure of themselves. They put words together like sheds or shelves and you could stand…
• And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part…
• ...and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything
• You love someone, you've got to let something go.
• He was asking too many questions and he was asking them too quickly. They were stacking up in my head like loaves in the factory…
• Siobhan also says that if you close your mouth and breathe out loudly through your nose it can mean that you are relaxed, or that…
• Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of…
• People think that alien spaceships would be solid and made of metal and have lights all over them and move slowly through the sky because…
• He really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility.
• Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts, just like they discovered electricity, which explained lightning, and it might be something about people's brains, or…
• Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new.
• I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. I make this…
• Usually people look at you when they're talking to you. I know that they're working out what I'm thinking, but I can't tell what they're…
• I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like…
• And when you look at the sky you know you are looking at stars which are hundreds and thousands of light-years away from you. And…
• Siobhan said that when you are writing a book you have to include some descriptions of things. I said that I could take photographs and…
• And Father said, "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" And I said "Yes," because loving someone is helping them when they get into…
• Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.
• On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere,…
• And it's best if you know a good thing is going to happen, like an eclipse or getting a microscope for Christmas. And it's bad…

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