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Scarlett Thomas Quotes

Routine kills creative thought Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them Picture Quote #1

Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It’s a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom Picture Quote #1

In some ways I’m a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I’ve thought I’d go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that’s not quite me. What’s me is to do it in novels Picture Quote #1

I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what’s going to happen at the end. But that doesn’t mean you know what’s going to happen in the middle. For me, it’s that sense of what happens in the middle that’s important Picture Quote #1

Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church. Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks. No, I realise. It’s the reverse Picture Quote #1

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What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon Picture Quote #1

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche Picture Quote #1

Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce Picture Quote #1

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me Picture Quote #1

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning Picture Quote #1

The sky was the colour of sad weddings Picture Quote #1

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If something wants to be a story, it will be Picture Quote #1

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure Picture Quote #1

Real life is physical. Give me books instead. Give me the invisibility of the contents of books, the thoughts, the ideas, the images. Let me become part of a book... an intertextual being: a book cyborg, or, considering that books aren’t cybernetic, perhaps a bibliorg Picture Quote #1

For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it’s like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else Picture Quote #1

Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free... It’s a dangerous world out there, filled with predators... What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you Picture Quote #1

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I pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world – and a type of being – that makes sense. I pray for a life after death that is not like this life. I pray for the end of mystery. What would a life be like with all the mysteries solved? If there were no questions, there’d be no stories. If there were no stories, there’d be no language. If there was no language there’d be no... What? Picture Quote #1

You tell them what a happy ending consists of, which is always individual success. You tell them that nothing irrational exists in this world, which is a lie. You tell them that conflict only exists only to be neatly resolved, and that everyone who is poor wants to be rich, and everyone who is ill wants to get better, and everyone who gets involved in crime comes to a bad end, and that love should be pure. You tell them that despite all this they are special, that the world revolves around them Picture Quote #1

I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn’t undo the fact that I’d had the thought in the first place Picture Quote #1

You can’t do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you’re really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on Picture Quote #1

It’s not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It’s in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness? Picture Quote #1

In some ways I’m a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I’ve thought I’d go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that’s not quite me. What’s me is to do it in novels Picture Quote #1

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Everything I know I imagine everyone else knows as well. And then everything that everyone else knows I imagine they know on top of what I know, so I’m constantly anxious about what everyone else knows Picture Quote #1

My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them Picture Quote #1

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything Picture Quote #1

I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I’ve got Picture Quote #1

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Routine kills creative thought (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I’m a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them. (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It’s a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom. (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) In some ways I’m a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I’ve thought I’d go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that’s not quite me. What’s me is to do it in novels. (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what’s going to happen at the end. But that doesn’t mean you know what’s going to happen in the middle. For me, it’s that sense of what happens in the middle that’s important (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church. Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks. No, I realise. It’s the reverse (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) The sky was the colour of sad weddings (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) If something wants to be a story, it will be (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Real life is physical. Give me books instead. Give me the invisibility of the contents of books, the thoughts, the ideas, the images. Let me become part of a book... an intertextual being: a book cyborg, or, considering that books aren’t cybernetic, perhaps a bibliorg (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it’s like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free... It’s a dangerous world out there, filled with predators... What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world – and a type of being – that makes sense. I pray for a life after death that is not like this life. I pray for the end of mystery. What would a life be like with all the mysteries solved? If there were no questions, there’d be no stories. If there were no stories, there’d be no language. If there was no language there’d be no... What? (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) You tell them what a happy ending consists of, which is always individual success. You tell them that nothing irrational exists in this world, which is a lie. You tell them that conflict only exists only to be neatly resolved, and that everyone who is poor wants to be rich, and everyone who is ill wants to get better, and everyone who gets involved in crime comes to a bad end, and that love should be pure. You tell them that despite all this they are special, that the world revolves around them (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn’t undo the fact that I’d had the thought in the first place (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) You can’t do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you’re really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) It’s not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It’s in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness? (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) In some ways I’m a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I’ve thought I’d go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that’s not quite me. What’s me is to do it in novels (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) Everything I know I imagine everyone else knows as well. And then everything that everyone else knows I imagine they know on top of what I know, so I’m constantly anxious about what everyone else knows (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I’m a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything (Scarlett Thomas Quotes) I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I’ve got (Scarlett Thomas Quotes)