19th century Quote by Bernard Beckett

“Do you believe in God?' Grace asked him. The question was not strange. They were past strangeness. 'Of course' he replied. It was easier…

— Bernard Beckett

I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back…

— Bernard Beckett

There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.

— Bernard Beckett

In the end, living is defined by dying.

— Bernard Beckett

Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a…

— Bernard Beckett

“Ugly's still ugly, no matter how you see it." "An interesting assertion. Justify it." "You bring twenty people in here," Adam told him, "and…

— Bernard Beckett

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

— Bernard Beckett

Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.

— Bernard Beckett

“You think the thing you call consciousness is some mysterious gift from the heavens, but in the end consciousness is nothing but the context…

— Bernard Beckett

“We have nothing but a history of our own invention to support this view. It suits us to believe it. It allows us to…

— Bernard Beckett

The Idea enters the brain from the outside. It rearranges the furniture to make it more to its liking. It finds other Ideas already…

— Bernard Beckett

This is always the problem with building heroes. To keep them pure, we must build them stupid. The world is built on compromise and…

— Bernard Beckett