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“Wolf might be alive, or he might be dead. But to know, to know for certain — there was freedom in that.”

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Always.

“‘Some things aren’t meant to be known’, Mann told him.

That’s it? Cooper wondered. That’s all you’ve got? It seemed to him an absurd thing for a scientist to say. Like the fox in the fable, unable to reach the grapes, declaring they must be sour anyhow”.

“He felt husked out, like a stalk of corn rotted by the blight.”

It’s taking me far too long to finish reading this book, in off-and-on sprints. But subtle sentences like these remind me of how genius this novelization can be and I should finish this read soon.

“‘Fine’, the old man grumbled, looking at the bag as if it might contain manure. ‘But popcorn at a ball game is unnatural. I want a hot dog.’

Cooper watched his daughter’s face frame her confusion.

‘What’s a hot dog?’ she asked.”