Iain Reid Quotes & Sayings

Both fictions and memories are recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories. Stories are the way we learn. Stories are how we understand each other. — Iain Reid

We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone. — Iain Reid

Reality only happens once."
(P. 48) — Iain Reid

Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought. — Iain Reid

We're never inside someone else's head. We can never really know someone else's thoughts. And it's thoughts that count. Thought is reality. Actions can be faked. I — Iain Reid

Maybe the end was written right from the beginning."
(P. 1) — Iain Reid

Just tell your story. Pretty much all memory is fiction and heavily edited. So just keep going. — Iain Reid

For years, my life has been flat. I'm not sure how else to describe it. I've never admitted it before. I'm not depressed, I don't think. That's not what I'm saying. Just flat, listless. So much has felt accidental, unnecessary, arbitrary. It's been lacking a dimension. Something seems to be missing. — Iain Reid

But isn't being alone closer to the truest version of ourselves, when we're not linked to another, not diluted by their presence and judgments? We form relationships with others, friends, family. That's fine. Those relationships don't bind the way love does. We can still have lovers, short-term. But only when alone can we focus on ourselves, know ourselves. How can we know ourselves without this solitude? — Iain Reid

People talk about the ability to endure. To endure anything and everything, to keep going, to be strong. But you can do that only if you're not alone. That's always the infrastructure life's built on. A closeness with others. Alone it all becomes a struggle of mere endurance. — Iain Reid

There was no dependency. Dependency equates to seriousness. — Iain Reid

Are small, critical actions enough? Small gestures make us feel good - about ourselves, about others. Small things connect us. They feel like everything. A lot depends on them. It's not unlike religion and God. We believe in certain constructs that help us understand life. Not only to understand it, but as a means of providing comfort. — Iain Reid

Getting to know someone is like putting a never-ending puzzle together. We fit the smallest pieces first and we get to know ourselves better in the process. — Iain Reid

Seeing someone with their parents is a tangible reminder that we're all composites. — Iain Reid