The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine Quotes

“Stories, Miss Emmy, are what bind us. Stories hold us together and help us think through problems, work through emotions. They take us on adventures, allow us to escape, but even more than that, they help us see the universe more clearly. Through stories, fantastical though they be, we see reality in greater detail.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

“But good can triumph over it. Selfishness may be the human default, but we can choose to sacrifice for others. Good can win.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

“Because grief is like that, shifting the context of all your memories. It sneaks up on you in the middle of a happy reconciliation, tinging everything, casting a shadow, robbing you of everything that used to be good.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

“The ghosts of our past have come to haunt us at last.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

“Earthlings write stories in black and white. Good guys versus bad guys. We write tidy heroes and hopeless villains. But real people? We are both hero and villain. The struggle of good versus evil resonates with us because its IN us.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine

“At the time, I was unconcerned with the conventions of a story, but I came to understand and analyze as I grew older. Though I was no longer writing my own worlds, I was consuming, critiquing, cherishing the worlds of others. Things like continuity and world mattered. But in my Oz years, all that mattered was imagination. And that was a precious thing.”
― Lindsay A. Franklin, The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine