“I have wrangles with Facebook, entered fictitious trips because I can't get the map to get off my page, don't want people to know where I live. It is possible to carve out a space that's your own.” PeopleKnowsWantI CanSpacePagesMapsBecause I Can Author:Nick Harkaway
“No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if you are going to leave the path, you better have your wits about you and know better than to trust the first scary old lady who talks to you in public.” IfsKnowsFirstsStoriesMoralStudyPathLogicScaryWitOld LadyCannibalMoral Of The Story Book:The Gone-Away World Source: The Gone-Away World
“People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you're a teacher you're in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the world will get better if you imagine it is better. You want to teach about sex? Fine, but only when they're old enough to do it. You want to talk politics? Sure, but nothing modern. Religion? So long as you don't actually think about it. Otherwise some furious mob will come to your house and burn you for a witch.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantNeedsChildrenLongEnoughKidsHouseSexTeachTeacherImagineModernFineOughtBattleAdultsConstantGet BetterWitchFuriousDeluded Author:Nick Harkaway
“Law is error, you see. It's an attempt to write down a lot of things everyone ought to know anyway.” KnowsWritingLawOughtErrors Book:The Gone-Away World Source: The Gone-Away World
“ARGH! There's no such thing [as writer's block]. Seriously: THERE. IS. NO. SUCH. THING. You know what there is? There's a bunch of problems, creative and otherwise, that can stop you writing. They are not block. They are important skills.” KnowsWritingImportantProblemCreativeSkillsBunchBlockWriter's Block Author:Nick Harkaway
