Atom Egoyan Quotes

Both of us were quiet with the recognition that something was ending, and something was beginning.

It marked the beginning and, of course, an end. At that moment a chapter, no, a whole stage of my closed. Had I known, and had there been a spare second or two, I might have allowed myself a little nostalgia.

It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

My characters who come back from death are worse for wear. In some ways, they're not even the same characters anymore. The body may be moving, but some aspect of the spirit is changed or transformed, and they've lost something.

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Endings are not my thing.

Dropping the exclamation point was our way of drawing a line in the sand. We have a new record and we feel like a new band. We were all tired of it, and we went ahead and got rid of it.

The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.

The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.

One door closes and another one opens.

The feeling is less like an ending than just another starting point.

I don't really have a problem saying good-bye to things. All things come to an end.

One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue

There is a point at which a transformation has to take place.

When something is over, it is over.

Everything is going to change.

Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the one thing that struck me most about life is the capacity for change. One day you're a person and the next day they tell you you're a dog. At first it's hard to bear, but after a while you learn not to look at it as a loss. There's even a moment when it becomes exhilarating to realize just how little needs to stay the same for you to continue the effort they call, for lack of a better word, being human.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

Janie blinks and leans against the wall, just in case. But it's no one's dream. It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

The old Lena is dead.

None of us are what we once were.

What has been is no more. Change has come.

Life changes a lot. I guarantee you.