These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Before prison, before the war, before the sight of a corpse became a banality.


Atonement: A Novel (ed. Anchor, 2003) - ISBN: 9781400075553

Ian McEwan Quotes

These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of...

These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of...

These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of...

These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of...