Station Eleven

by

Emily St. John Mandel

Clark is Arthur’s best friend. Once an aspiring actor along with Arthur, Clark’s career eventually leads him to become a job training executive in the years before the collapse. After the collapse he is stranded, along with Elizabeth Colton and Tyler, in the Severn City airport. After a few years there, be begins curating the Museum of Civilization in the airport, collecting technological items that no longer work and other fragments of civilization. He begins the museum since his boyfriend at the time was a curator, and since he noticed that people in the airport seemed to cling to the obsolete items that he collects. Clark makes some effort to help Elizabeth and Tyler and keep them from becoming extremists, but he ultimately gives up in favor of self-preservation. He is also the one who informs Miranda of Arthur’s death, having met her at the party during which Miranda realized Arthur was having an affair. The novel ends with Clark reading a scene in “Dr. Eleven” based on this dinner party.

Clark Thompson Quotes in Station Eleven

The Station Eleven quotes below are all either spoken by Clark Thompson or refer to Clark Thompson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Death and Survival Theme Icon
).
Chapter 40 Quotes

I think about my childhood, the life I lived on Delano Island, that place was so small. Everyone knew me, not because I was special or anything just because everyone knew everyone, and the claustrophobia of that, I can't tell you. I just wanted some privacy. For as long as I could remember I just wanted to get out, and then I got to Toronto and no one knew me. Toronto felt like freedom.

Related Characters: Arthur Leander (speaker), Clark Thompson
Page Number: 223
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 51 Quotes

She stepped back. “It isn't possible,” she said.
“But there it is. Look again.”
In the distance, pinpricks of light arranged into a grid. There, plainly visible on the side of a hill some miles distant: a town, or a village, whose streets were lit up with electricity.

Related Characters: Kirsten Raymonde, Clark Thompson
Page Number: 311
Explanation and Analysis:
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Clark Thompson Quotes in Station Eleven

The Station Eleven quotes below are all either spoken by Clark Thompson or refer to Clark Thompson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Death and Survival Theme Icon
).
Chapter 40 Quotes

I think about my childhood, the life I lived on Delano Island, that place was so small. Everyone knew me, not because I was special or anything just because everyone knew everyone, and the claustrophobia of that, I can't tell you. I just wanted some privacy. For as long as I could remember I just wanted to get out, and then I got to Toronto and no one knew me. Toronto felt like freedom.

Related Characters: Arthur Leander (speaker), Clark Thompson
Page Number: 223
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 51 Quotes

She stepped back. “It isn't possible,” she said.
“But there it is. Look again.”
In the distance, pinpricks of light arranged into a grid. There, plainly visible on the side of a hill some miles distant: a town, or a village, whose streets were lit up with electricity.

Related Characters: Kirsten Raymonde, Clark Thompson
Page Number: 311
Explanation and Analysis: