From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.
Mark Haddon..because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling.
Mark HaddonAnd it's best if you know a good thing is going to happen, like an eclipse or getting a microscope for Christmas. And it's bad if you know a bad thing is going to happen, like having a filling or going to France. But I think it is worst if you don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing which is going to happen.
Mark HaddonThere's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country.
Mark Haddon