“She had been overtipping for as long as she’d had money. These small compensations for how fortunate she’d been.” — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
“He wished he could somehow go back and find the iPhone people whom he'd jostled on the sidewalk earlier, apologize to them - I'm… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“All those people,” Clark said to Imaginary Robert, but Imaginary Robert didn’t reply.” — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“... every time someone dies you start counting how much time has passed since they've been gone. First you count it in minutes, then… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“I've been thinking lately about immortality. What it means to be remembered, what I want to be remembered for, certain questions concerning memory and… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost. — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“All three caravans of the Travelling Symphony are labelled as such, THE TRAVELLING SYMPHONY lettered in white on both sides, but the lead caravan… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“A fragment for my friend-- If your soul left this earth I would follow and find you Silent, my starship suspended in night” — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“You remembered.” “Of course,” Clark said. “That’s one thing I like about birthdays, they stay in one place. Same spot on the calendar, year… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“Why did we always say we were going to shoot emails?” “I don’t know. I’ve wondered that too.” “Why couldn’t we just say we… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“They’ve done what’s expected of them. They want to do something different but it’s impossible now, there’s a mortgage, kids, whatever, they’re trapped.” — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
“Forever is the most dizzying word in the English language. The idea of staying in one place forever was like standing at the border… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survival mechanism. — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share
