Nick Payne > Quotes

“In the quantum multiverse, every choice, every decision you've ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes.”
― Nick Payne

“L-listen to me, listen to me. The basic laws of physics—the b-basic laws of physics don’t have a past and a present. Time is irrelevant at the level of a-atoms and molecules. It’s symmetrical
We have all the time we’ve always had.
You’ll still have all our time.
Once I
Once
Once
There’s not going to be any more or less of it.
Once I’m gone.”
― Nick Payne

“Forgetting is one of the most beneficial processes we possess.”
― Nick Payne, Elegy

“Our brains are constantly, exhaustively working overtime to deliver the illusion that we’re in control, but we’re not. The brain builds a narrative to steady us from moment to moment, but it’s ultimately an illusion. There is no me, there is no you, and there is certainly no self; we are divided and discontinuous and constantly being duped.”
― Nick Payne, Incognito