Mark Haddon

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#perspective #rain #silence #white-noise #dog

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#stupidity #stupidity

I want my name to mean me. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#authority

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#self-confidence #london

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#faith

Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas day. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#family

And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#sherlock-holmes

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#intelligence #stupidity #truth #intelligence

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them ↗

— Mark Haddon

#prime-numbers #life

..and only sticks and stones can break my bones. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#inspirational