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‘Is it that the more we know & understand, the more things burdens us? Is it that the more time we accumulate in our cells, the less light we let in? I think the shipwreck she had survived came back to haunt her, over & over again, even though, during her life, she had told the story as a great epic—But what happened to her memory—her mind? I don’t know, darling, nobody knows exactly why or how these things happen.’
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emily
is on page 69 of 350
‘Most things I read, I should not have—In the interview, he explained that, in order to stay sharp, he would learn a poem by heart every day—then translate it into all the languages he knew—If it is true that the limits of our world are the limits of our language, I thought—I was depleted—I had to start all over again—The prediction, the jellyfish, the storms—some are good, some are not—look for thyme, look for salt’
— Aug 06, 2026 05:37PM
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is on page 39 of 350
‘—to arrive in—grandmother's hometown—an echo of someone else’s belonging—borrowed memories—She was born in Philosophiana—decided to emigrate—learned—to read—while aboard the ship, read a lot of books after that—inconveniently good-looking—believed in luck, & was extremely superstitious—traces of those who came before—still live & bounce around—Steinbeck : (human unconscious) is a ‘mass of sea-memory, /sea-thought.’’
— Aug 04, 2026 04:42PM