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“Well, you were kind to me, Mrs....Louise. When I had a hard time at school, you always knew what to say.' Mrs. Elm steadied her breath. 'Thank you, Nora.' 'And you're not alone on the board now. A pawn has come and joined you.' 'You were never a pawn.”

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Matt Haig
Matt Haig

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. more

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“On nights when he was home early enough to cook, he made a great lentil dal and a pretty good penne arrabbiata, and tended to put a whole bulb of garlic in every meal he created. But Molly had been absolutely right: his artistic talents didn't extend to musical ability. In fact, when he sang 'The Sound of Silence', accompanied by his guitar, she found herself guiltily wishing he would take the title literally.”

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“Occasionally she felt wisps of gentle depression float around her, for no real reason, but it wasn't comparable to how terrible she had felt in her root life, or indeed many of her other lives. It was like comparing a bit of a sniffle to pneumonia. When she thought about how bad she had felt the day she lost her job at String Theory, of the despair, of the lonely and desperate yearning to not exist, then this was nowhere near.”

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“Science distrusts anything that sounds too cool. Too sci-fi. Scientists are sceptics, as a rule.' 'Exactly, yet physicists believe in parallel universes.' 'It's just where the science leads, isn't it? Everything in quantum mechanics and string theory all points to there being multiple universes. Many many universes.' 'Well, what would you say if I said that I have visited my other lives, and I think I have chosen this one?' 'I would think you were insane. But I'd still like you.”

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