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April ended and May came along, but May was even worse than April. In the deepening spring of May, I had not choice but to recognize the trembling of ...more

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You can hide memories, but you can't erase the history that produced them.Sara looked directly into his eyesI nothing else, you need to remember that....more

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To what extent facts we recognize as such really are as they seem, and to what extent these are facts merely because we label them as such, is an impo...more

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Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It’s a crime."Fuka-Eri thought about that for a moment.Tengo...more

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I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It’s a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you. My memory is like a chest: There are so ma...more

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My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to ...more

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The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the...more

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His mind floated in the amniotic fluid of memory, listening for echoes of the past. His father, meanwhile, had no idea that such a vivid scene was bur...more

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Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans ...more

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Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.

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You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importanc...more

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Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere then evaporated, leaving only memory.

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Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.

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We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear.

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For darkness terrifies. It swallows you, warps you, nullifies you. Who alive can possibly profess confidence in darkness? In the dark, you can't see.