Dogs and Monsters Quotes

“The truth is dull fare and we are dangerously enamoured of the extraordinary. These days if I read or hear some glittering tale and find my attention being held fast, I ask myself, What suffering might these fabulous events conceal? Where am I being encouraged not to look? Who benefits if I am distracted and do not witness the mundane round of ordinary cruelty?”
― Mark Haddon, Dogs and Monsters: Stories

“These days if I read or hear some glittering tale and find my attention being held fast, I ask myself, What suffering might these fabulous events conceal? Where am I being encouraged not to look? Who benefits if I am distracted and do not witness the mundane round of ordinary cruelty?”
― Mark Haddon, Dogs and Monsters: Stories

“People are seldom interested in the truth. It is so much easier to believe in the macabre, the preposterous.”
― Mark Haddon, Dogs and Monsters: Stories