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I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe.
Mark Haddon
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Mark Haddon
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
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And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.
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Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable.
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...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.
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