What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost. Emily St. John Mandel More Quotes by Emily St. John Mandel More Quotes From Emily St. John Mandel First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered. Emily St. John Mandel enough want firsts If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do. Emily St. John Mandel light darkness enemy No more Internet. No more social media, no more scrolling through litanies of dreams and nervous hopes and photographs of lunches, cries for help and expressions of contentment and relationship-status updates with heart icons whole or broken, plans to meet up later, pleas, complaints, desires, pictures of babies dressed as bears or peppers for Halloween. No more reading and commenting on the lives of others, and in so doing, feeling slightly less alone in the room. No more avatars. Emily St. John Mandel halloween dream baby Hell is the absence of the people you long for. Emily St. John Mandel hell long people No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survival mechanism. Emily St. John Mandel survival people thinking I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth. Emily St. John Mandel sweetness-of-life earth home There are certain qualities of light that blur the years. Emily St. John Mandel quality light years Love is like the lion’s tooth. Emily St. John Mandel teeth lions love-is
