"Cloud Atlas" Quotes
Interconnected stories spanning centuries depict the connection between individuals and the ripple effect of their actions.
fiction | Published in 2004
Quotes
No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.
What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?
Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?
Our lives are not measured in years but in the lives of others we touch.
Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.
Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.
Our self is not separate, but many. We walk as immortal ancestors.
Sometimes an extraordinary destiny awaits us on the other side of a seemingly ordinary life.
Knowledge is a mirror, and God is the face that is reflected in the dark mirror.
Our values change based on who and where we are, in ways small and large.
