I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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