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Mark Haddon quotes

English Novelist September 26, 1962

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Mark Haddon quote: "Well, we're meant to be writing stories today,"
Well, we're meant to be writing stories today, Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Many children's writers don't have children of their own."
Many children's writers don't have children of their own. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Metaphors are lies."
Metaphors are lies. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me..."
Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer. Mark Haddon
He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer in the air force and you had to take lots of orders and be prepared to kill other human beings, and I couldn't take orders. Also I didn't have 20/20 vision, which you needed to be a pilot. Mark Haddon
I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "How do you remember this stuff? But why had she forgotten?..."
How do you remember this stuff? But why had she forgotten? That was the real question. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "I find people confusing."
I find people confusing. Mark Haddon
He had never spoken to Uncle Richard, but he knew that he was a radiologist who put tubes into people's groins and pushed them up into their brains to clear blockages like chimney sweeps did and this was a glorious idea. Mark Haddon
I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer at the end Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have..."
I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. They are hard to understand. Mark Haddon
He held up his right hand and spread my fingers out in a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance..."
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Mark Haddon
...most people are almost blind and they don’t see most things and there is lots of spare capacity in their heads and it is filled with things which aren’t connected and are silly, like, “I’m worried that I might have left the gas cooker on. Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon quote: "I see everything."
I see everything. Mark Haddon

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