“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true, only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.” IfsKnowsMeanDoeDifferentMomentsStoriesRememberLanguageMemoriesHappeningsPhotographAlbumsHonestlyDifferent ThingsCaptureOur MemoriesSimplify Author:Karen Joy Fowler
“I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up.” MomentsParentShameGratefulComplainingBe Grateful Book:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
