Dope have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each other in the ring, and dope will win out. Every single time.

— Lauren Beukes

(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.

— Lauren Beukes

Explosions and fighting robots and shit. What’s that got to do with the heart?

— Lauren Beukes

Fashion is only different skins for different flavors of you.

— Lauren Beukes

He always thought a muse should be sex on legs.

— Lauren Beukes

I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.

— Lauren Beukes

It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.

— Lauren Beukes

Lorrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of

— Lauren Beukes

Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

— Lauren Beukes

Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation.

— Lauren Beukes