“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?" he asked Isabelle. "They are built to make you laugh, like the mouse here, or to tell the time, like clocks, or to fill you with wonder like the automaton. Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was made to do." Isabelle picked up the mouse, wound it again, and set it down. "Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like you're broken.” PeoplePurposeBrokenMachinesHugo Cabret Book:The Invention of Hugo Cabret Source: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
“Sometimes I come up here at night, even when I'm not fixing the clocks, just to look at the city. I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is one big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.” LoveLifeReasonFriendshipFamilyBooksMachinesSelf DiscoveryMeaning Book:The Invention of Hugo Cabret Source: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
“I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid.” WayWritingKidsMachinesObsessedMiniatures Author:Brian Selznick
“I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsMeanReasonBigsNumbersImagineFiguresTypeMachinesExtrasImagine That Book:The Invention of Hugo Cabret Source: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
“Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like you're broken.” PeopleIfsLittlesAblePurposeLosesBrokenMachines Author:Brian Selznick
