Matt Haig Quotes

“Human beings, as a rule, simply don't accept things that don't fit their worldview.”

“Maybe that is what it takes to love someone. Finding a happy mystery you would like to unravel for ever.”

“Nothing fixes a thing so firmly in the memory as the wish to forget it.”

“There comes a time when the only way to start living is to tell the truth. To be who you really are, even if it is dangerous.”

“To talk about memories is to live them a little.”

“A society which demands we be normal even as it drives us insane.”

“Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.”

“Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.”

“I didn't want to be dead, I just didn't want to be alive.”

“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”

“Maybe love is just about finding the person you can be your weird self with.”

“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”

“You can be a depressive and be happy, just as you can be a sober alcoholic.”

“A paradox: The things you don’t need to live — books, art, cinema, wine, and so on — are the things you need to live.”

“Don’t aim for perfection. Evolution, and life, only happen through mistakes.”

“If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.”

“Knowledge is finite. Wonder is infinite.”

“Love is about finding the right person to hurt you.”

“Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.”

“No one will understand you. It is not, ultimately, that important. What is important is that you understand you.”

“Politeness is often fear. Kindness is always courage. But caring is what makes you human. Care more, become more human.”

“The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.”

“To like something is to insult it. Love it or hate it. Be passionate. As civilisation advances, so does indifference. It is a disease. Immunize yourself with art. And love.”

“Doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently.”

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things.”

“Regrets don’t leave. They weren’t mosquito bites. They itch for ever.”

“Regrets ignore chronology. They float around.”

“Sometimes just to say your own truth out loud is enough to find others like you.”

“The only way to learn is to live.”

“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”