The Sun Was Electric Light Quotes

“Why is this never enough? Why do people always need to improve their shitty lives? Everyone's lives are shitty, why are they trying to get away? I like being here in Jaibalito, just sitting on the grass, with you. The lake down there, the dumb little waves falling at the shore. Why is this not enough?”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“It is an art to survive those difficult years. To wait for the beautiful thing.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“He looked at me and his eyes were sad, but his eyes said, Go. Go for it.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“He was good in the way that people are good when they have suffered a lot without knowing it.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“If you try to fight your life, you will lose.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“It makes me think that it's not worth trying at all. That it's the trying that will kill you. The wanting other things. You can't escape your life. That's just how it is. It's dangerous to want other things.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“The poor thing, she still thinks there is something out there to find. When will she learn? This is all there is, right here.”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light

“Why is this never enough? Why do people always need to improve their shitty lives? Everyone's lives are shitty, why are they trying to get away?”
― Rachel Morton, The Sun Was Electric Light