Poetry Quote by Mark Haddon — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth.”

“And people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings are just an animal and they will evolve into another animal, and that animal will be cleverer and it will put human beings into a zoo, like we put chimpanzees and gorillas into a zoo. Or human beings will all catch a disease and die out or they will make too much pollution and kill themselves, and then there will only be insects in the world and they will be the best animal.”

“I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.”

“The Poem That Took The Place Of A Mountain”

“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,”

“Death is here and death is there,”

“Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;”

“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,”

“nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals”