“A life, remembered, is a series of photographs and disconnected short films.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“All three caravans of the Traveling Symphony are labeled as such, THE TRAVELING SYMPHONY lettered in white on both sides, but the lead caravan carries an additional line of text: Because survival is insufficient.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“We would rather be ruined than changed
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.”
― The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.”
― The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue
“I'm just curious, how'd you get into this line of work?"
"Gradually, and then suddenly”
― Station Eleven
"Gradually, and then suddenly”
― Station Eleven
“What’s the point of doing all that work,” Tesch asks, “if no one sees it?” “It makes me happy. It’s peaceful, spending hours working on it. It doesn’t really matter to me if anyone else sees it.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
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