Hugh Howey Quotes

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

In human affairs the solution to every problem contains within it the seeds of a new problem.

I think human beings are funny, tricky things.

Life is weird and complex but very simple at the same time. It's all about perception.

What's seemingly a simple thing can actually be the hardest to achieve.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple.

Nothing is so obvious that it's obvious.

Pure by impure is not seen.

Darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

The less there was to see, the harder he looked, the more he saw. (Point Omega)

Every solution of a problem is a new problem.

Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true .

Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness.

O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.

All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.

The more I see, the less I know.

Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.

A woman I should like to think I know rather well and a woman I had always considered a mystery, are in fact the same person.