Cloud Atlas 2012 quotes, page 5

Sonmi~451

To be is to be perceived. And so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds that go on apportioning themselves throughout all time. Our lives are not our own; from womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Zachry

True-true.

Abbess

Trust Sonmi! Keep her warnin' with you, nail it to your memory.

Sonmi~451

Truth is singular. Its "versions" are mistruths.

Abbess

We are bound together from womb to tomb.

Timothy Cavendish

We cross and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.

Timothy Cavendish

What is a critic but one who reads quickly, arrogantly, but never wisely?

Timothy Cavendish

While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.

Zachry

Why words slink n' slide off a tongue, when we need them most? If my tongue'd been more bold, could I have stopped all that diresomes about to happen?

Sonmi~451

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

Luisa Rey

You have to do whatever you can't not do.

Vyvyan Ayrs

You must have misheard me. I said I had a melody, not a malady!