Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?”
“We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.”
“It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.”
“I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.”
“There are memories I am better off without. Things better lost forever.”
“I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show for it. No treasure house of collection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?”
“I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.”
“Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced.”
“I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.”
“I am an adult, but a damaged one.”
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Book Keywords:
memories, grief, hindsight, happiness, love, believe, history, human-nature, perspective, relationships, helplessness, shame, memory, remember, christine
