“The minute he opens his eyes, he sees them. In one of the books Stutt reads out loud, the person back from war keeps saying, "The minute I close my eyes, I see them." Yatim can tell that the person who wrote that story has never really experienced horror because, if they had, that person would know it's just the opposite: it's when you open your eyes that you see them, the people who died, the ones you hurt or couldn't save, the ones you liked without realizing it and will never see again; they live among us, like dreams outside sleep.” DeathMemoriesSleepDreamsDead People Book:The Future Source: The Future
“What disappears with the death of a friend? Solomon wonders, standing in the field threatened by the storm. The funeral is over, the survivors have left, Caesar's body has been buried in the earth to which he devoted his last years. One of the things we lose, thinks Solomon, is the person we were with them, the parts of us they brought to life. With such an old friend, we are also stripped of the memory of what we once were.” DeathFriendshipMemoriesLossGriefMourning Book:The Future Source: The Future