Author: Matt Haig

Cites

• Albert Einstein (2)
  • IN: Echo Boy (2014) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: It is becoming increasingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
    FROM: NULL, (1938), NULL, US
  • IN: The Humans (2013) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: I have just got a new theory of eternity.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Germany
• Neo Maxis (1)
  • IN: Echo Boy (2014) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Open your mind, this is only a song, But the way to be happy is to admit you were wrong.
    FROM: Song for Eleanor, (None), NULL, NULL
• NULL (1)
  • IN: The Radleys (2010) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Your instincts are wrong. Animals rely on instincts for their daily survival, but we are not beasts. We are not lions or sharks or vultures. We are civilised and civilisation only works if instincts are suppressed. So, do your bit for society and ignore those dark desires inside you.
    FROM: The Abstainer's Handbook (second edition), (2010), Book, NULL
• Carl Gustav Jung (1)
  • IN: The Possession of Mr. Cave (2008) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
    FROM: The Development of Personality, (1954), Book, Switzerland
• De Quincey, Thomas (1)
  • IN: The Possession of Mr. Cave (2008) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: But the deep deep tragedies of infancy, as when the child's hands were unlinked for ever from his mother's neck, or his lips for ever from his sister's kisses, these remain lurking below all, and these lurk to the last.
    FROM: Suspiria de Profundis: The Palimpsest, (1845), Book, UK
• David Beckham (1)
  • IN: The Last Family in England (2004) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The first role of a father and husband is to keep his family safe
    FROM: NULL, (2002), Interview, UK
• William Shakespeare (1)
  • IN: The Last Family in England (2004) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Wisdom cries out in the streets and no man regards it
    FROM: Henry IV Part 1, (1598), Play, UK