Megan Cummins > Quotes

“In real life, as in books, people can be thin, poorly written, and it's not always their fault if they are.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“I had to become a different, stronger person before I'd even figured out who I was in the first place.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“The problem, though, is that hell is you and other people, and even from the vantage point of my forgiving memory, I don't always like myself in the story I'm telling, and the guilt-bound part of me would have me show all the bad parts.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“We all had a different summer from the one I remember, the one I'm writing about; after all, everyone is the main character in their own life, just as I am in mine- all of us,maybe, trying to strike that sweet spot of being humble and also a hero in this sad and deadly world.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“Imagination, then, is the torch in the tunnel- not the light at the end of it, but something in your hand that you've lit yourself.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“In a different world I would want children. It's not just me as a parent that I doubt, but the world at large, our chances for survival, and how our children will be required one day to shape their pains into a story they can live with.”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts

“Was it possible to start over with someone if that person was part of the reason you needed to start over in the first place?”
― Megan Cummins, Atomic Hearts: A Novel