In Another Life Quotes

“Perhaps there was another life, not so sad, that I missed somehow this time, and will have in another world.”
― Nick Harkaway, Gnomon

“And I thought, rolling my head to and fro between my hands in anguish, oh if only it could have worked somehow for us two.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

“If Tony hadn't been fearful, hadn't counted on the approval of others for his own self-approval . . . and so on, through a succession of hypotheticals leading to the final one: so, for instance, if Tony hadn't been Tony.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“But with her I would have been faithful, with her my whole life would have been different, less rootless, less empty.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

“Do you think it’s helped at all? I mean . . . with the not knowing?”
Leo considers the question, staring down at my half-eaten plate.
“In some ways, kind of? I mean, who even knows if my parents came from anywhere near where her family is, but . . . it’s nice to learn about anyway.”
There’s a beat, then, that I know isn’t the end of the thought, but the thought taking a new shape. I watch it in his face the same way I always have, wishing I could take it for granted. Wishing I knew if there would be a chance to watch it again.
“It’s weird to think . . . in some other life . . . Carla and I would be living there. Like there’s some alternate version of us who do. You know?”
― Emma Lord, You Have A Match