“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.”
― One Day
― One Day
“You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple? ”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or higher form that she can appeal to, or be reconciled with, or that can forgive her. There is nothing outside her. In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists. It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point. The attempt was all.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
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