39 Quotes by Claire North

Mental health professionals of the 1960s make their 1990s counterparts look like Mozarts trampling upon Salieri’s lesser work.

Wow, that is so deep.'He meant it, of course.'You're really real,' he added breathily. 'Say something else.'I decided he wasn't worth punching, and walked away.

The trick with a truly successful intimidation is not to rely on volume or obscenity, but to cultivate that quiet certainty which informs any listener that your people will do the shouting for you, should the moment come.

Perhaps, I suggested, the fate of the universe could briefly take second place to the thorny issue of graduating with honours?He blew loudly between his lips, a liquid sound of contempt. “That,” he exclaimed, “is precisely what’s wrong with academics.

...if people were scared of you then you were powerful, and if you were powerful, you mattered. Even if you didn't know what mattering was good for.

...the secret to success wasn't about being right, merely about appearing to be more right than everybody else.

Death, as has been established, holds little fear - it is but the flesh. The mind is the source of what we are, and it was the mind that they were determined to destroy.

I think... I am asking if you are sure that this thing you are experiencing is happiness. Or, if it is happiness, is it worthy.

We live in a land of freedom, and the only freedoms we can choose are to spend, fuck and eat. The rest is taboo. Loner. Slut. Weirdo. Faggot. Whore. Bitch. Druggie. Scrounger. Ugly. Poor. Muslim. Other.