The facts of his existence are plain. I know that he will never silence those unspeakable voices. He … - Meg Rosoff

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

Meg Rosoff

The facts of his existence are plain. I know that he will never silence those unspeakable voices. He heard how people killed, and how they died and their voices infected him, coursed through his body, poisoned him. He didn't know how to turn off the noise, or turn the hate back out onto the world like the rest of us. He turned it on himself. You could see that from the scars on him.

Existence, Hate, Killed, Onto, People, Voice

Same Author Quotes

When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures.

Book, Character, Deciding, Fire, Kissing, Read

Perhaps the way to succeed is to think of life on Earth as a colossal joke, a creation of such immense stupidity that the only way to live is to laugh until you think your heart will break.

Colossal, Heart, Laughing, Life, Think, Thinking

I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.

Credit, Enough, Life, Manage, Nearly

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

Corners, Dark, Essential, Place, Self, Writing

The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

Change, Dangerous, Imagination, Why We Write, World, Writing