The Future of Us Time Quotes

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Quote #10

Maybe my future self really did need to focus more on the life around her. Maybe it'll help make things better. Or maybe my future self feels a connection to my current self, and she knew that I needed to focus on my here and now. (62.11)

What Emma finally realizes is that the present is the only time that she needs to worry about—after all, the future depends entirely on what happens now. She's also thinking (in some futuristic telepathic way) that thirty-year-old Emma knows that her 1996 self needs to learn this. Which is why the Emma of the future closes her Facebook account.