Emily St. John Mandel Quote

What happens next? Miranda asks. It’s easier to talk to Elizabeth when they’re sitting side by side,when she doesn’t have to look at her.I don’t know.You do know.I wish I could tell you how sorry I am, Elizabeth says, but you’ve already told me to stopapologizing.It’s just an awful thing to do.I don’t think I’m an awful person, Elizabeth says.No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survivalmechanism.

Emily St. John Mandel

What happens next? Miranda asks. It’s easier to talk to Elizabeth when they’re sitting side by side,when she doesn’t have to look at her.I don’t know.You do know.I wish I could tell you how sorry I am, Elizabeth says, but you’ve already told me to stopapologizing.It’s just an awful thing to do.I don’t think I’m an awful person, Elizabeth says.No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survivalmechanism.

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About Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel (; born 1979) is a Canadian novelist and essayist. She has written six novels, including Station Eleven (2014), The Glass Hotel (2020), and Sea of Tranquility (2022). Station Eleven, which has been translated into 33 languages, has been adapted into a limited series on HBO Max. The Glass Hotel was translated into twenty languages and was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2020. Sea of Tranquility was published in April 2022 and debuted at number three on The New York Times Best Seller list.