Leamos
Opening: "Either everything matters, or everything is an outrageous waste of time. That’s what she would have said, if anyone had asked her. But no one asks crazy old ladies for their opinions."
A collection of quotes from the book (no spoilers, will keep expanding as I read) because I felt a need to put them somewhere.
Ch 3:
"If only all these people knew how familiar they look, how unoriginal they are, Rachel thought—and if only they knew how miraculous that was, how they lived and lived again, how no one ever really died, how no one was ever alone."
"It was irritating, constantly adjusting herself—her clothes, her hair, her words, her ideas, everything that was supposedly a personal choice. No one had any idea of how thick a layer of arbitrary conventions enshrouded a naked soul."
ch 4: "Which in fact was the entire purpose of life, to live in such a way that one made oneself superfluous."
"And off she went chasing him, running after another reason for living."
"Then there were other reasons for living too, ones that mortals rarely thought of but that raged like fires in Rachel’s mind:
To correct mistakes.
To avoid regret.
To accept regret.
To change.
But none of these seemed possible either."
ch 5:
"Why wasn’t anyone born as who they should be?"
"The power of the Temple is to make people die without dying,” he said softly. “Without the Temple we would have to wait until death to be judged or forgiven by God."
"“If all this is destroyed, it will take uncommon wisdom to find a path to holiness beyond it,”"
Ch 6:
"“The hard part isn’t living forever,” Rachel said. “It’s making life worth living.”"
Ch 7:
"After thousands of years it amazed her that she still didn’t know the right thing to do."
Opening: "Either everything matters, or everything is an outrageous waste of time. That’s what she would have said, if anyone had asked her. But no one asks crazy old ladies for their opinions."
A collection of quotes from the book (no spoilers, will keep expanding as I read) because I felt a need to put them somewhere.
Ch 3:
"If only all these people knew how familiar they look, how unoriginal they are, Rachel thought—and if only they knew how miraculous that was, how they lived and lived again, how no one ever really died, how no one was ever alone."
"It was irritating, constantly adjusting herself—her clothes, her hair, her words, her ideas, everything that was supposedly a personal choice. No one had any idea of how thick a layer of arbitrary conventions enshrouded a naked soul."
ch 4: "Which in fact was the entire purpose of life, to live in such a way that one made oneself superfluous."
"And off she went chasing him, running after another reason for living."
"Then there were other reasons for living too, ones that mortals rarely thought of but that raged like fires in Rachel’s mind:
To correct mistakes.
To avoid regret.
To accept regret.
To change.
But none of these seemed possible either."
ch 5:
"Why wasn’t anyone born as who they should be?"
"The power of the Temple is to make people die without dying,” he said softly. “Without the Temple we would have to wait until death to be judged or forgiven by God."
"“If all this is destroyed, it will take uncommon wisdom to find a path to holiness beyond it,”"
Ch 6:
"“The hard part isn’t living forever,” Rachel said. “It’s making life worth living.”"
Ch 7:
"After thousands of years it amazed her that she still didn’t know the right thing to do."