"I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth."

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Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.109, Vintage

Emily St. John Mandel

#Home Quotes #Earth Quotes #Forget Quotes

“The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power, ... We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power. We shouldn't feel that it detracts from our femininity.”
“I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.”
“for me the novel is a social vehicle, it reflects society.”
“Lucas seemed to have realized our prediciment at the same moment I had. "I haven't got my credit card with me. Kinda left in a hurry. We just spent the only cash I had in my pocket." Too-bright signs from the few open stores made mee squint. "We'd have been better off with a slingshot and Oreos.”
“She wanted to return to her dream. Perhaps it was still somewhere there behind her closed eyelids. Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind?”
“I'm not Derek Jeter, there will be no farewell tour.”
“Upwell is one of the most terrifyingly great bands I have ever known out of Seattle. Their musicianship and songwriting is monstrous... They're heavy like Soundgarden or Zeppelin with killer female vocals, but with their own unique style.”
“People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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