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“Quem praticou o massacre procura se justificar, criando razões para se explicar, e com isso consegue esquecer. Consegue desviar os olhos do que não quer ver. Mas a vítima jamais esquece. Como não consegue desviar os olhos, a lembrança do massacre passa de pai para filho. O mundo, Aomame, é uma incessante luta entre a memória de quem está de um lado e a memória de quem está do outro.”

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1Q84 Book 1

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