Quotes from atonement?

Question

Any quotes you find interesting?

How so ?

How'd you like the book as a whole? the movie ?

Answer 1

This is an awesome book by Mr. McEwen is like nothing I have read before. The dialog and the the true attributes given to the characters is nothing less than brilliant. The author goes from one topic to another without skipping a beat.  Here is one quote:

"Was being Cecilia just as vivid an affair as being Briony? Did her sister also have a real self concealed behind a breaking wave and did she spend time thinking about it, with a finger held up to her face? Did everybody, including her father, Betty, Hardman? If the answer was yes, then the world, the social world, was unbearably complicated." Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 34.