Authors — Quotes

Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes: 7

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.
Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.
Never Let Me Go
What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.
Never Let Me Go
I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.
Never Let Me Go
You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?
Never Let Me Go
Poor creatures. What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans?
Never Let Me Go
It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.