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I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It’s a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you. My memory is like a chest: There are so ma...more

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My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to ...more

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The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the...more

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His mind floated in the amniotic fluid of memory, listening for echoes of the past. His father, meanwhile, had no idea that such a vivid scene was bur...more

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Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.

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You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importanc...more

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The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river water struggle against each other at a r...more

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Exactly. When is comes to anything halfway important, you just don't get it. It's amazing to me that you can put a piece of fiction together''Yeah, we...more

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Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere then evaporated, leaving only memory.

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Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.

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It was a strange feeling, like touching a void.

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Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated ...more

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Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting imp...more

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Writing from memory like this, I often feel a pang of dread. What if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a d...more

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It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she was gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, ...more