A Mouse Called Miika Quotes

“Miika sighed, his tail drooping like a string that had lost its balloon. 'I just need some words of reassurance.'
'Well, I can reassure you that terrible things will probably happen.'
'Great.'
'Terrible things always happen.'
'Thanks.'
'But good things will also happen. Because that is what life is. You need the bad to know what good is. You need the dark to know the light.'
Miika thought of how Urga-burga cheese tasted. All the opposites mixed together, complementing each other like in life itself.
'I mean,' continued the Truth Pixie, 'think of the night sky. The stars wouldn't shine without all the darkness around them, would they?”
― Matt Haig, A Mouse Called Miika

“We don’t ask to be who we are. But when we are who we are, there’s very little point hating who we are. Because who we are is WHO WE ARE. Understand?”
― Matt Haig, A Mouse Called Miika

“but the truth is, not everyone will like us. Not everyone we meet will always want the best for us. And not everyone will know our truth. If people want to hate us, it’s easier to let them. You see, it is better to be disliked for being who you are than to be liked for who you are not. Being who you are not is exhausting.”
― Matt Haig, A Mouse Called Miika