I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair.
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 McewanSomething has happened, hasn't it? ... It's like being up close to something so large you don't even see it. Even now, I'm not sure I can. But I know it's there.
Ian Mcewan