Matt Haig Quotes

Novelist

Matt Haig is a British novelist born in 1975. His works are known for their humor and profound emotional insight, enjoying great popularity among readers. Haig's writing spans a variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and realism.

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“Remember When we were young enough Not to fear tomorrow Or mourn yesterday And we were just Us.”

Life Lessons Memories Life And Living

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

“Sometimes things are a change for the better and the worse at the same time, like the internet. Or the electric keyboard. Or pre-chopped garlic. Or the theory of relativity.”

Life Lessons Change Life Philosophy Life And Living Changes

Book:How to Stop Time

Source: How to Stop Time

“Learn to say to no things that get in the way of life. And to say yes to the things that help you live.”

Life Life Lessons Self Love Self Respect

Book:The Comfort Book

Source: The Comfort Book

“That was how she had felt most of her life. Caught in the middle. Struggling, flailing, just trying to survive while not knowing which way to go. Which path to commit to without regret.”

Life Lessons Regret Surviving Life

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

“If we keep going in a straight line we'll get out of here. Walking one foot in front of the other, in the same direction, will always get you further than running around in circles. It's about the determination to keep walking forward.”

Inspirational Life Lessons Self Help Mental Health

Book:The Comfort Book

Source: The Comfort Book

“It seems impossible to live without hurting people.' 'That's because it is.' 'So why live at all?' 'Well, in fairness, dying hurts people too.”

Life Life Lessons

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

“Remember no one really cares what you look like. They care what they look like. You are the only person in the world to have worried about your face.”

Inspirational Life Lessons Self Esteem Mental Illness

Book:Notes on a Nervous Planet

Source: Notes on a Nervous Planet

“Anxiety,’ Kierkegaard wrote, in the middle of the nineteenth century, ‘is the dizziness of freedom.”

Life Lessons Choices

Book:How to Stop Time

Source: How to Stop Time

“I now avoid trying to see myself as one thing or the other. I'm not a happy person or a sad person. I am not a calm person or a fearful person. I am a happy, sad, calm, fearful person. I let myself feel it all. And that way I am always open to new feelings.”

Life Lessons Balance Depression Emotions

Book:The Comfort Book

Source: The Comfort Book

“In this world of interdependence, opposite emotions are also connected. As William Blake put it "joy and woe are woven fine". I know this because one of the reasons I love life is because I was once suicidal. I have sincerely known moments of content in my life for having gone through years of hell.”

Life Life Lessons Gratitude Depression Emotions Contentment

Book:The Comfort Book

Source: The Comfort Book

“You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently.”

Life Life Lessons Life Quotes Life Philosophy

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

“It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped from. That the prison wasn't the place, but the perspective.”

Inspirational Philosophy Life Lessons Life Philosophy Self Discovery

Book:The Midnight Library

Source: The Midnight Library

About the Author

Born: 1975
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 744

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