However, withered, I still feel myself to be exactly the same person I've always been. Hard to explain that to the young. we may look truly reptilian, but we're not a separate tribe.
Ian McewanThe trouble with being a daydreamer who doesnโt say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who donโt know you very well, are likely to think youโre rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
Ian McewanIt was common enough, to see so much death and want a child. Common, therefore human, and he wanted it all the more. When the wounded were screaming, you dreamed of sharing a little house somewhere, of an ordinary life, a family line, connection.
Ian McewanHe saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in the end.
Ian Mcewan