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Matt Haig Quotes
Birthplace: | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Nationality: | United Kingdom |
Occupations: | Journalist, Children's Writer, Novelist, Writer |
Total quotes: 31
Matt Haig
BirthnameBirthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom
Occupations: Journalist, Children's Writer, Novelist, Writer
Total quotes: 31
“'He smiled softly. 'People you love never die.' I had no idea of the sense of his words, but they stayed with me for centuries.'”
Tagged:
Love, Immortality
“It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.”
Tagged:
Living With Depression, Depression
“'I'm sorry,' I say. 'About being a bit odd sometimes, at school.'
Camille shakes her head. 'You really have to stop saying that. Incessant apologizing is never an attractive trait.'
'You're right. The thing is, I really am quite bad, you know, with people.'
'Ah, them. People. Yes, it's hard.'
'And I have a lot, sometimes, going on in my head.'
'Join the club.'
'There's a club?'
'No. There are too many people in clubs. But it's fine. Be how you want to be.'”
Camille shakes her head. 'You really have to stop saying that. Incessant apologizing is never an attractive trait.'
'You're right. The thing is, I really am quite bad, you know, with people.'
'Ah, them. People. Yes, it's hard.'
'And I have a lot, sometimes, going on in my head.'
'Join the club.'
'There's a club?'
'No. There are too many people in clubs. But it's fine. Be how you want to be.'”
Tagged:
Apologizing, overapologizing
“'Beauty—be not caused,' said Emily Dickinson. 'It is.'
In one way she was wrong. The scattering of light over a long distance creates a sunset. The crashing of ocean waves on a beach is created by tides, which are themselves the result of gravitational forces exerted by the sun and the moon and the rotation of the Earth. Those are causes. The mystery lies in how those things become beautiful.”
In one way she was wrong. The scattering of light over a long distance creates a sunset. The crashing of ocean waves on a beach is created by tides, which are themselves the result of gravitational forces exerted by the sun and the moon and the rotation of the Earth. Those are causes. The mystery lies in how those things become beautiful.”
Tagged:
beauty, cause and effect
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