## Metadata - Author: [[M. John Harrison]] - Full Title: The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again - Category: #books ## Highlights - He had a strong sense of being overwhelmed by events before he had even become aware of them. ([Location 1867](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07WRBKMQB&location=1867)) - By morning he always found it hard to remember what he had needed from her, although he recalled phrases he felt were typically his own: ‘sensations of being dead’ or ‘rental accommodation’. He was ashamed. It had become a habit. He was failing to outflank some force in himself, eager for a reassurance no one in the world could provide, the nature of which surprised him even as he articulated it. ‘The thing is, I don’t really see where I am. Not now.’ ([Location 1883](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07WRBKMQB&location=1883)) - Everything was either a truth or a mystery. Truths and mysteries ran together, hardening into unconformable layers of time and data. ([Location 1952](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07WRBKMQB&location=1952))