Chris’s Reviews > The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories > Status Update

"An unforgettable person is not of necessity one whom we dare not forget. We can't simply call parents and children or friends or the teachers and others to whom we are obligated "unforgettable people". These are people "whom we dare not forget". But then there are others-complete strangers-to whom we are bound by neither love nor duty. Forgetting them would imply neither neglect of duty nor want of compassion."