Allyson Roche

“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.”
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

“But, of course, memory and responsibility are strangers. They're foreign to each other. Memory always goes its own way quite regardless.”
― Ali Smith, Autumn

“I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates ...”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids