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You have to get up pretty early in the morning to invent the news.
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I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do, and it turns out it's not stars, it's some bits of screwy DNA. I'm just meat with faulty programming.
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Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.
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Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting
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The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of it.
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Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you hit another jam.
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There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random.
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Fashion is only different skins for different flavours of you.
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People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Born:
June 5, 1976
(age 48)
Bio:
Lauren Beukes is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter.
Known for:
The Shining Girls (2013)
Broken Monsters (2014)
Zoo City (2010)
Moxyland (2008)
Maverick (2004)
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