“It's Paradise, but we can't get out of it. And anything you can't get out of is Hell.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands clear.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Was that the beginning, that evening—on the dock of Avilion, with the fireworks dazzling the sky? It's hard to know. Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
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