Lauren Beukes Quotes

• Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you hit another jam.

  Lauren Beukes

  Moving, Thinking, Jam

  Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.84, Jacana Media

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• Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life.

  Lauren Beukes

  Secret, Three, Private Life

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• There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.

  Lauren Beukes

  Interesting, Plot, World

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• She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams

  Lauren Beukes

  Dream, Origami, Disappear

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• It's hard to get justice in the real world. It's possible in fiction.

  Lauren Beukes

  Real, Justice, Fiction

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• Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.

  Lauren Beukes

  Media, Wings, Trying

  "Broken Monsters". Book by Lauren Beukes, 2014.

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• Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

  Lauren Beukes

  Wheels

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• Only other people can make you feel real.

  Lauren Beukes

  Real, People, Feels

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• So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.

  Lauren Beukes

  Twelve, Cracks, Ems

  Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.149, Jacana Media

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• I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do, and it turns out it's not stars, it's some bits of screwy DNA. I'm just meat with faulty programming.

  Lauren Beukes

  Stars, Believe, Dna

  Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.150, Jacana Media

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• People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.

  Lauren Beukes

  People, Mind, Want

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• You have to get up pretty early in the morning to invent the news.

  Lauren Beukes

  Morning, News, Get Up

  Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.7, Jacana Media

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• Fashion is only different skins for different flavours of you.

  Lauren Beukes

  Fashion, Skins, Different

  Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.123, Jacana Media

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• World needs more angels, even plywood ones.

  Lauren Beukes

  Angel, Needs, World

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• What I love about collaborating is that you're working with other minds that work differently to yours.

  Lauren Beukes

  Mind, Working With Others, Collaborating

  "Lauren Beukes takes Rapunzel to Japan in ‘Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom’". Interview with Blake Hennon, herocomplex.latimes.com. July 25, 2013.

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• The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.

  Lauren Beukes

  Justice, Fairy Tale, Fairy

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• The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of it.

  Lauren Beukes

  Memories, Locks, Snapshots

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• The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.

  Lauren Beukes

  War, Relentless, Loud

  "The Shining Girls". Book by Lauren Beukes, 2013.

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• There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random.

  Lauren Beukes

  Order, Trying, Patterns

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• Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

  Lauren Beukes

  Memories, Forget

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