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Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?"

Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you."

And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.




Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive."

He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write."

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.




Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth"

We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "Above all, she wanted to look as though she had not given the matter a moment's thought, and that would take time."

Above all, she wanted to look as though she had not given the matter a moment's thought, and that would take time.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational."

In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational.




Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed."

It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin."

He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "Waiting. Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached."

Waiting. Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil."

She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "Her purity of spirit would never be in doubt, though she moved through a blemished world."

Her purity of spirit would never be in doubt, though she moved through a blemished world.




Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "He wanted a father, and for the same reason, he wanted to be a father."

He wanted a father, and for the same reason, he wanted to be a father.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "It was always the view of my parents, " Emily said, "that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people."

It was always the view of my parents, " Emily said, "that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.



Ian McEwan, Atonement Quotes: "How quickly the dead faded into each other, "

How quickly the dead faded into each other,