“After all, memory may be the only thing on earth we can truly manipulate to serve us, so we don't have to look back at ourselves in the receding past and think, What an arsehole!” ThinkingLooksMayEarthPastMemoriesManipulateArseholes Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“Negotiating with memories isn't easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized?” StillsLanguageEasyMemoriesDestinedNegotiatingRipening Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“… she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a Jehovah’s Witness: uninvited and tireless.” LooksStillsMemoriesWitnessThis DayTendernessJehovahRevulsionUninvited Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too is memorable.” MemoriesForgetEffortMemorableForgetting Someone Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
