She goes quiet for a little while. Remembers something. ‘“I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.”’ ‘Is that . . .?’ ‘Montaigne himself.”—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
The lesson of history is that ignorance and superstition are things that can rise up, inside almost anyone, at any moment. And what starts as a doubt in a mind can swiftly become an act in the world.—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
Maybe someday soon we can try another park bench. I don’t know. I can’t know.—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
A thought occurs to him. He stops working on his device entirely. “You hear light from space, question? You hear stars, planets, asteroids, question?”—Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary. Highlighted
