
The Humans

Of being a mortal creature who was essentially alone but needed the myth of togetherness with others. Friends, children, lovers. It was an attractive myth. It was a myth you could easily inhabit.
Matt Haig • The Humans
Because, yes, sure, God could not exist. But then neither could humans. So, if they believed in themselves – the logic must go – why not believe in something that was only a fraction more unlikely?
Matt Haig • The Humans
anarchy.
Matt Haig • The Humans
That it will never come again, Is what makes life so sweet. – Emily Dickinson
Matt Haig • The Humans
And so they are lost, that is how I understand it. And that is why they invented art: books, music, films, plays, painting, sculpture. They invented them as bridges back to themselves, back to who they are.
Matt Haig • The Humans
Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.
Matt Haig • The Humans
‘Clair de Lune’ by Debussy.
Matt Haig • The Humans
Names are a symptom of a species which values the individual self above the collective good.’
Matt Haig • The Humans
You can’t find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being.