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Mark Haddon Quotes: As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.
         

As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.


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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.

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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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.

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.



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Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.



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You love someone, you've got to let something go.



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For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.



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