“We live on, as long as there are people to live on in.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
“Five years later, I take a deep, shuddery breath to stop myself crying. It’s not just that I can’t hold Aoife again, it’s everything: It’s grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected, the rivers we drained, the coasts we flooded, the lakes we choked with crap, the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out, the oil we squandered, the drugs we rendered impotent, the comforting liars we voted into office—all so we didn’t have to change our cozy lifestyles.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
“But it wasn't us, personally, who trashed the world," says Mo. "It was the system. We couldn't change it."
"Then it's not us, personally, taking your panels," says Hood. "It's the system. We can't change it.”
― The Bone Clocks
"Then it's not us, personally, taking your panels," says Hood. "It's the system. We can't change it.”
― The Bone Clocks
“Power is lost or won, never created or destroyed. Power is a visitor to, not a possession of, those it empowers.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
“In the corridor outside, a trolley squeaks by. The brigadier I knew has left his bombed-out face, leaving me alone with the clock, shelves of handsome books nobody ever reads, and one certainty: that whatever I do with my life, however much power, wealth, experience, knowledge, or beauty I’ll accrue, I, too, will end up like this vulnerable old man. When I look at Brigadier Reginald Philby, I’m looking down time’s telescope at myself.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
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