People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn't happen, or something you thought didn't happen. Otherwise there'd be no need for fiction, there'd only be memoirs and histories...


Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (ed. Canongate Books, 2007) - ISBN: 9781847675750

Geoff Dyer Quotes

People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough....

People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough....

People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough....

People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough....