Emma Newman Quotes

I made a mistake when I was young and didn’t know how the world worked and I have paid for it. Many, many times over.

That’s the trouble with all these bloody lawyers. They build in the loopholes when they’re on the right gov-corp committees so they can exploit them later.

Saying it’s a sign from God is an interpretation, not a fact.

Guilt sometimes comes from stupid places.

The data is always there. It’s just a matter of knowing where to look.

She speaks with the authority of the ignorant.

All too easy to find the needle when you know exactly where to look in the haystack.

If there’s anything I’ve learned in the years in this job, it’s that whatever you need is in the data. You just have to know which paths through it to follow and how to eliminate the extraneous without losing patterns.

Once you let someone into the building it’s harder to keep them out of all the rooms.

He’s trying to get me to confess some fictional problem to him and I won’t fall for it.

No. I won’t think about that. I’m not the man the press wants me to be. I am not the victim here.

As a scientist, I know this is madness. But I also know this is an act of faith.

It’s no easier to climb down than it is to go up. It just torments a different set of muscles.

I’ve grown out of seeking emotional self-destruction. But even now the doubts are slithering in, making me question whether the hellish foundation my life is built on genuinely equates to coping.

One should never break a sacred law when under the influence of psychoactive substances.