“It began with a poem, with words. Words were all I had, dull echoes in my brain. Fragile cobwebs. Her lipstick words pressed against my memories. 'Stop thinking,' I repeated to myself like a mantra. But we do not think memories, memories think us.” HeartbreakMemoryPtsd Book:The Babel Project Source: The Babel Project
“I was overcome by such a deep feeling of Sehnsucht while watching Puff the Magic Dragon that I felt like crying, but of course, I was a boy and boys don't cry.” FantasyDreamsChildhoodMemoryNostalgiaSehnsucht Book:Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams Source: Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams