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“In his writings, Proust suggests that our memory is separate from us, residing in the ocean breeze or the smells of early autumn—things linked to the earth that recur periodically, confirming the permanence of mankind. For me and no doubt many of my contemporaries, memories are associated with ephemeral things such as a fashionable belt or a summer hit and therefore the act of remembering can do nothing to reaffirm my sense of identity or continuity. It can only confirm the fragmented nature of my life and the belief that I belong to history.”
― Annie Ernaux, Shame

“I think one of the benefits of growing up with a sibling is having a witness. It’s nice to have someone to cross-reference your childhood with.”
― Emily R. Austin, We Could Be Rats

“Howard thinks the rejection of science, combined with apocalyptic beliefs about the future of the world, has real consequences, not only for what evangelicals believe but for how they take care of the Earth. “When you’re taught that science is basically a fairy tale, and you’re taught not to trust scientists, then why would you care if the world is burning around us?” Howard said. “It’s about this heavenly battle, and it’s about winning souls to Christ, and that’s what’s important, right? So the world around us doesn’t matter, because this is all going to burn like in Revelation anyway.”
― Sarah McCammon, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

“At the center of this story there is a terrible secret, a kernel of cyanide, and the secret is that the story doesn’t matter, doesn’t make any difference, doesn’t figure. The snow still falls in the Sierra. The Pacific still trembles in its bowl. The great tectonic plates strain against each other while we sleep and wake. Rattlers in the dry grass. Sharks beneath the Golden Gate.”
― Joan Didion, South and West: From a Notebook