Anthony Marais

“Literature is the product of a deep-seated need for honesty. Hence, those who lie most are struck most deeply by it, and those who are honest have no need for it.”

“Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.”

“We cannot escape the longing, no matter what life we choose. We’re either longing for people, places or times gone by, which are essentially the same things: memories. And, whether or not we travel, the older we get, the more memories we collect. Nostalgia is simply the result of aging and liking the life you’ve lived. Be happy you can feel it—it’s a good sign.”

“Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.”

“Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.”

“Writers are liars trying to come clean. That’s why the best ones are the most tragic.”

“Many humans make the mistake of fighting for race when it’s the species driving our genes. And there is only one weapon to fight for species: the brain.”

“We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.”

“It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.”

“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.”