Metaphors are lies. Author: Mark Haddon Copy Quote More from Mark Haddon “...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.” “This is how we leave the world,with the heart weeping,and the hope that distanc…” “Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled w…” “That was what it meant, didn’t it. Being good. You didn’t have to sink wells in…”