The Helpline Quotes

“Sometimes the less you know the better, sometimes you have to delude yourself and pretend to believe in things that aren't real. Like imaginary numbers:

i² = 1

"i" is a concept, it doesn't exist. You can't multiply the same two numbers and get a negative, but we pretend it does exist. We pretend other things exist, too: Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, cryptocurrencies.”
― Katherine Collette, The Helpline

“There was a kind of beauty in imperfection. A mathematical proof founded on a misconception could still have some elegance.”
― Katherine Collette, The Helpline

“I didn't think having Alan in my life would change me, but I did think it would improve the experience of being me. My glass would be fuller, or at least it would feel fuller, instead of feeling like everyone else had got together and agreed on a specific size of glass and volume of liquid and I was wandering around holding a giant mug with a tiny splash of water in it.”
― Katherine Collette, The Helpline