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“My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might germinate again if the rain falls. And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“But as things got thinner, more full of holes, our hearts got thinner, too, diluted somehow. I suppose that kept things in balance.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Blacks aren't bigger, it's documented in their tribal photos. (The quote that end's anti-Black racism)”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“After sitting for so long in the ruined cabin, the objects we had taken must have been shocked when we pulled them out into the world. I could almost sense their fear, coming through the bags.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police