Emily St. John Mandel Quote

So maybe a fairer way of putting this would be to say that 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.

Emily St. John Mandel

So maybe a fairer way of putting this would be to say that 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.

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