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The Chrysalids ReviewWithout a doubt the most philosophical novel I've ever read. Unpredictable, with enough twists and turns to compare to a roller coaster. Once you get past the somewhat stale beginning, the story unfolds at an alarming pace, trave ...more "
“I've been thinking lately about immortality. What it means to be remembered, what I want to be remembered for, certain questions concerning memory and fame. I love watching old movies. I watch the faces of long-dead actors on the screen, and I think about how they'll never truly die. I know that's a cliché but it happens to be true. Not just the famous ones who everyone knows, the Clark Gables, the Ava Gardners, but the bit players, the maid carrying the tray, the butler, the cowboys in the bar, the third girl from the left in the nightclub. They're all immortal to me. First we only want to be seen, but once we're seen, that's not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“A broken heart is an open heart.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“The past had a perfection that the future could never hold.”
― The Troop
― The Troop
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