Borne

Book by Jeff VanderMeer · 7 quotes · Identity, Relationships, Love

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“I need to learn. I need to know. [...] It's not being hurt that hurts.”

Pain Growth Knowledge Curiosity Resilience Self Discovery Emotional Depth

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“He knew now that he could be harmed. He knew now that he was vulnerable. No joy would be the same for Borne. No playfulness, either. Because behind it would be this certain knowledge: that he could die.”

Growth Awareness Trauma Vulnerability Mortality Loss Of Innocence Emotional Change

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“I'd been teaching him the whole time, with every last little thing I did, even when I didn't realize I was teaching him. With every last little thing I did, not just those things I tried to teach him. Every moment I had been teaching him, and how I wanted now to take back some of those moments.”

Growth Relationships Influence Teaching Regret Reflection Self Awareness Unintended Lessons

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“You need to figure out what you want to be after. Other than a scavenger." "After what?" I asked. But he never told me.”

Purpose Growth Identity Future Survival Transformation Uncertainty Unanswered Questions

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“We had all been too small in our thoughts, too small to realize what might be revealed to us if we really looked, if we really saw.”

Growth Wonder Awareness Perspective Perception Transformation Insight Realization

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“I teach him to be both the things I am and the things I can never be.”

Growth Sacrifice Teaching Identity Self Awareness Potential Duality Mentorship

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“I went back over our conversations in my memory, to see if I could translate them into some other meaning. But it was too late. They are what they are. They mean what they meant, and I know I misremember some of them anyway - and that pains me.”

Growth Loss Acceptance Regret Reflection Self Awareness Memory Nostalgia

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