Find quotes from this novel, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Death Quotes
I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it. (1.1.1)
Change Quotes
"There's something meaningful about growing things." (1.10.78)
Love Quotes
I miss my own [name] and I mourn for everyone else's, because I'd like to love them, but I don't know who they are. (1.1.7)
Memories and the Past Quotes
No one I know has any specific memories. (1.1.6)
Passivity Quotes
I can't seem to make myself care about anything to the right or left of the present, and the present isn't exactly urgent. (1.1.9)
Consciousness and Existence Quotes
When I was alive [...] I remember effort. I remember targets and deadlines, goals and ambitions. I remember being purposeful, always everywhere all the time. (1.1.29)
Literature and Writing Quotes
I stare hard at the tag. [...] The letters spin and reverse in my vision; I can't hold them down. As always, they elude me, just a series of meaningless lines and blots. (1.1.34)
Identity Quotes
I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name anymore. (1.1.1)