“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”
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“That’s the problem with history, we like to think it’s a book—that we can turn the page and move the fuck on. But history isn’t the paper it’s printed on. It’s memory, and memory is time, emotions, and song. History is the things that stay with you.”
― The Sellout
― The Sellout
“Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.”
― The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
― The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
“It baffles me that people think that obliterating the past will save them from its consequences, as if throwing away the empty cake plate would help you lose weight.”
― Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
― Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
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