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Scarlett Thomas - Our Tragic Universe (2010)

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One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it.

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I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place.

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For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.

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Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce.

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Born: 1972 (age 53)
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