Abhilasha Singh

“How difficult it is to see even what’s in front of one’s eyes. All we possess is the present, and the present endlessly dissolves into the past.”

Excerpt From: Michael Frayn. “Copenhagen”
― Michael Frayn, Copenhagen

“You want me to tell you not to do it? All right. I put my hand on your arm. I look you in the eye in my most papal way. Go back to Germany, Heisenberg. Gather your colleagues together in the laboratory. Get up on a table and tell them: ‘Niels Bohr says that in his considered judgment supplying a homicidal maniac with an improved instrument of mass murder is …’ What shall I say? ‘ … an interesting idea.’ No, not even an interesting idea. ‘ … a really rather seriously uninteresting idea.’ What happens? You all fling down your Geiger counters?”

Excerpt From: Michael Frayn. “Copenhagen”.”
― Michael Frayn, Copenhagen

“I shatter the objective universe around you—and all you can say is that there’s an error in the formulation!”

Excerpt From: Michael Frayn. “Copenhagen”.”
― Michael Frayn, Copenhagen

“If you’re doing something you have to concentrate on you can’t also be thinking about doing it, and if you’re thinking about doing it then you can’t actually be doing it. Yes?”

Excerpt From: Michael Frayn. “Copenhagen”
― Michael Frayn, Copenhagen