I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place.
Scarlett ThomasSometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.
Scarlett ThomasBut I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.
Scarlett ThomasI pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world โ and a type of being โ that makes sense. I pray for a life after death that is not like this life. I pray for the end of mystery. What would a life be like with all the mysteries solved? If there were no questions, thereโd be no stories. If there were no stories, thereโd be no language. If there was no language thereโd be no . . . What?
Scarlett Thomas