Emily St. John Mandel Quotes

There are certain qualities of light that blur the years.

First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.

What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost.

If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do.

I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth.

No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survival mechanism.

Hell is the absence of the people you long for.

Love is like the lion’s tooth.

The more we know about the former world, the better we’ll understand what happened when it fell.

People want what was best about the world.

Of course, ” the cabbie said, “you don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you’re going.

The wren goes to't

The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored.

Are you asking if I believe in ghosts?""I don't know. Maybe. Yes.""Of course not. Imagine how many there'd be.""Yes, " Kirsten said, "that's exactly it.

The beauty of this world where almost everyone was gone. If hell is other people, what is a world with almost no people in it?

Adulthood’s full of ghosts... High-functioning sleepwalkers, essentially.

To survive is not enough. To simply exist... is not enough!' - Roga Danar

If nothing else, it's pleasant to consider the possibility. He likes the thought of ships moving over the water, toward another world just out of sight.