These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Before prison, before the war, before the sight of a corpse became a banality.
About This Quote
About Ian McEwan, Atonement
Ian McEwan, Atonement.
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war