Signs of Life Quotes

“Fear isn't the opposite of love; fear is what arises when love isn't there, so maybe, I reasoned, there is only one emotion. There is only love, and the abscence of love.”
― Anna Raverat, Signs of Life

“We think we can escape down half-deserted streets but all the things we use to defend ourselves - overworking, over-drinking, over-eating, under-eating, smoking etc, - are all well-worn pathways. The really frightening thing about the abyss is not that it exists, but that there is always a road in, and we take it.”
― Anna Raverat, Signs of Life

“The material is already so compromised. It has been edited once, by memory, then again by substances - both processes I recognize but can't know the extent of - and now I am editing again, to shape events into a story.”
― Anna Raverat, Signs of Life