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"The past is always present, shaping who we are in ways we don’t always understand."
"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We don’t remember, we rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. To remember is to remake, to reimagine."
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
Sometimes the only way to survive is to become someone else.
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
The past is a different country, they do things differently there.
Writing is a way of making sense of the chaos.
Writing is a way of bearing witness to the world.
Writing is a way of holding onto moments that would otherwise disappear.
Time moves differently in memory than it does in life.
Stories are how we make sense of the world, even when they don’t make sense.
Fiction is a way of telling the truth without being constrained by facts.
Every place has its own rhythm, its own way of marking time.
Stories are the way we make sense of the world, but they are also the way we deceive ourselves.
"Sometimes the best way to escape is to face what you're running from."
"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order."
The novel is a way of thinking about the world, not just a way of describing it.
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
To write is to make sense of the chaos.