176 Quotes by Sebastian Faulks

Until she had had children of her own she had not been able to contemplate the death of either of her parents; when the subject had arisen, in conversation or in her own imagining, she had said only: I just don’t know what I’d do.

At other times I sit and wait. If nothing comes, I’ve discovered that it’s better just to write something – anything. You can always tear up the piece of paper and throw it away. But if you don’t begin, then nothing comes. You have to submit.

How do you ‘clear’ your thoughts? You have only other thoughts with which to do the job; ‘thoughts’, therefore, are both blockage and broom. I suppose what we mean is that we should stop reasoning and try to ‘feel’ – which presumes that what we ‘feel’ is more valuable than anything we think...

I never for a moment considered killing myself, because it wouldn’t have achieved anything.

The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What’s the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief?