Emily St. John Mandel Quote

Adulthood’s full of ghosts. I’m sorry, I’m not sure I quite— I’m talking about these people who’ve ended up in one life instead of another and they are just so disappointed. Do you know what I mean? They’ve done what’s expected of them. They want to do something different but it’s impossible now, there’s a mortgage, kids, whatever, they’re trapped. Dan’s like that. You don’t think he likes his job, then. Correct, she said, but I don’t think he even realizes it. You probably encounter people like him all the time. High-functioning sleepwalkers, essentially.

Emily St. John Mandel

Adulthood’s full of ghosts. I’m sorry, I’m not sure I quite— I’m talking about these people who’ve ended up in one life instead of another and they are just so disappointed. Do you know what I mean? They’ve done what’s expected of them. They want to do something different but it’s impossible now, there’s a mortgage, kids, whatever, they’re trapped. Dan’s like that. You don’t think he likes his job, then. Correct, she said, but I don’t think he even realizes it. You probably encounter people like him all the time. High-functioning sleepwalkers, essentially.

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