

“If Darla's question was Why do people take pictures?, then what sort of answer was that? Or were pictures like that why Darla was asking in the first place?
I say to the empty room, "I take pictures because sometimes I can't find the words to say what I want to say.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
I say to the empty room, "I take pictures because sometimes I can't find the words to say what I want to say.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

“Not living your life is like killing yourself, only it takes longer.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

“Before Max Black, the future seemed boring and there wasn't much to think about. After Max Black, it was like I was looking at a negative, a stack of photographic paper, a jar full of emulsion, a paintbrush, and trays full of chemistry. There was now so much to do.
So much to do.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
So much to do.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

“We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

“There is a moment in every photograph's life when it has been exposed but not developed. The light from the enlarger has shone through the negative and made its impression on the paper, but without the magic of developer, the paper will stay white and no one will ever see what that impression is.”
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
― Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

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