“No one can be as intellectually slothful as a really smart person; give smart people half a chance and they will ship their oats and drift . . . dozing to Bryzantium you might say.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“It seems that sin is geographical. From this conclusion, it is only a small step to the further conclusion that the notion of 'sin' is illusory, and that the cruelty habitually practised in punishing it is unnecessary.”
― Sceptical Essays
― Sceptical Essays
“But from special it’s not very far to Alone.”
― Girl With Curious Hair
― Girl With Curious Hair
“Everybody who really wants to knows what’s true. Most people just don’t want to. It means listening from deep inside. Most people just don’t want to. But the special people listen. You can hear what’s true, inside. Listen.”
― Girl With Curious Hair
― Girl With Curious Hair
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