Cogs Quotes

“She supposed she was a little cog in the big wheel of Empire. “Nothing wrong with being a cog,” Maurice said, himself now a big wheel in the Home Office. “The world needs cogs.”
― Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“But you press on. You make so many mistakes and you can’t correct them, you see. Your brain doesn’t have the little cog that allows you to learn automatically after one mistake. You often don’t know what you did wrong. You can’t run an analysis on yourself like a computer. But if the exact scenario comes up again, you’ll choose a different option. But life isn’t a video game or a choose-your-own-adventure. No two things are ever the same. So, life can become one long game that you’re not great at playing. Sometimes you’re just told to leave and never come back.”
She closed her eyes.
“But your brain has other cogs. Parts that they don’t have. Beautiful parts.”
― Elle McNicoll, Unapologetic Love Story