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“Some people say they can't remember their childhoods at all. That early morning when they waited for others, bouncing the ball and watching its shadow, is lost to them. The ant hills on the sidewalk cracks, the grasshopper that fell in the storm drain, the ball too deep in the stickerbushes to ever be recovered, a morning spent waiting. What reason would we have for remembering any of it? Yet when we do, there is always a feeling of surprise and amazement over this little bit of lost world. Who knows which moments make us who we are? Some of them? All of them? The ones we never really thought of as anything special? How many kickball games did I play? And what would I give to have just one more ups. What would I give to see them all again. Chuckie, roll the ball this way. Chuckie, roll me a good one.”

Book:One Hundred Demons

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One Hundred Demons

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Lynda Barry

Lynda Barry, born on January 2, 1956, is a renowned cartoonist. Her works are known for their unique style and profound themes, covering personal experiences, social phenomena, and philosophical thoughts. Barry's contributions have had a significant impact on the comic industry, and her creative approach and narrative techniques have provided new perspectives for subsequent cartoonists. more

“De esas personas no vivía ninguna. No tenían ni siquiera tumbas. No eran sino historias que contaba una mujer vieja y sola, y cuando un día ella ya no estuviera en este mundo, entonces quedarían definitivamente olvidadas, desvanecidas para siempre en el tiempo como si nunca hubieran existido.”

Nostalgia

Book:De truc

Source: De truc

“Para Max su abuela era vieja desde hacía una eternidad, él no podía imaginarse que hubiera sido joven alguna vez. Pero así era. Una vez fue una niña llamada Rosl Feldmann, su cuerpo no había estado siempre encorvado y lleno de arrugas, había tenido sueños y temores y un porvenir. Pero ahora ese porvenir ya había quedado muy atrás.”

Nostalgia Abuelos Abuela

Book:De truc

Source: De truc

“But as I drove away and turned back in the car to take what promised to be my last view of the house, I felt that I was leaving a part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of it, and search for it hopelessly, as ghosts are said to do, frequenting the spots where they buried material treasures without which they cannot pay their way to the netherworld.”

Memories Nostalgia

Book:Brideshead Revisited

Source: Brideshead Revisited