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I'm Thinking of Ending Things QUOTES

I'm Thinking of Ending Things QUOTES

1 " Both fictions and memories are recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories. Stories are the way we learn. Stories are how we understand each other. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2 " Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

3 " School is the place we all have to go. There is potential. School is about the future. Looking forward to something, progression, growing, maturing. It's supposed to be safe here, but is has become the opposite. It feels like a prison. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

4 " I think a lot of what we learn about others isn’t what they tell us. It’s what we observe. People can tell us anything they want. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

5 " It hurts, all of it, but we feel nothing. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

6 " Seeing someone with their parents is a tangible reminder that we're all composites. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

7 " Jake always liked his books and stories. And writing in his diaries. It was a comfort for him. He could work through things that way.”
“That’s nice. I’ve noticed he still likes to write. He spends a lot of time writing.”
“That’s how he makes sense of the world. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

8 " A memory is its own thing each time it's recalled. It's not absolute. Stories based on actual events often share more with fiction than fact. Both fictions and memories are recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories. Stories are the way we learn. Stories are how we understand each other. But reality happens only once. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

9 " Maybe that’s how we know when a relationship is real. When someone else previously unconnected to us knows us in a way we never thought or believed possible. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

10 " Isn’t that why we commit to another? It’s not for sex. If it were for sex, we wouldn’t marry one person. We’d just keep finding new partners. We commit for many reasons, I know, but the more I think about it, the more I think long-term relationships are for getting to know someone. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

11 " Maybe the end was written right from the beginning."
(P. 1) "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

12 " I should have told someone. But I didn’t. I didn’t think it was anything significant until it was. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

13 " The wave changed everything. It had an effect of malice, as if he were suggesting I could never be completely on my own, that he would be around, that he would be back. I was suddenly afraid. The thing is, that feeling is just as real to me now as it was then. The visuals are just as real. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

14 " When you become aware of your heart, you want it to stop beating. You need a break from the constant rhythm, a rest. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

15 " It’s amazing that relationships can form and last under the constraints of never fully knowing. Never knowing for sure what the other person is thinking. Never knowing for sure who a person is. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

16 " What if it doesn't get better? What if death isn't an escape? "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

17 " We accept, reject, and discern through symbols. These are as important to our understanding of life, our understanding of existence and what has value, whats worthwhile, as math and science ... it's all part of how we work through things, how we make decisions. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

18 " We never really know someone else's thoughts. And it's thoughts that count. Thought is reality. Actions can be faked. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

19 " Reality only happens once."
(P. 48) "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things

20 " I’m thinking of ending things.

Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It dominates. There’s not much I can do about it. Trust me. It doesn’t go away. It’s there whether I like it or not. It’s there when I eat. When I go to bed. It’s there when I sleep. It’s there when I wake up. It’s always there. Always.

I haven’t been thinking about it for long. The idea is new. But it feels old at the same time. When did it start? What if this thought wasn’t conceived by me but planted in my mind, predeveloped? Is an unspoken idea unoriginal? Maybe I’ve actually known all along. Maybe this is how it was always going to end. "

― Iain Reid , I'm Thinking of Ending Things