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Jonathan Carroll says my memory loves you…

“My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.” – Jonathan Carroll

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John Denver says perhaps love is like a resting place…

“Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm. It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble when you are most alone, the memory of love … Continue reading

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Aminatta Forna says something else, something with a power that endures…

“The hollowness in his chest, the tense yearning, the loneliness he braces against, every morning until he can immerse himself in work and forget. Not love. Something else, something with a power that endures. Not love, but a memory of … Continue reading

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Vladimir Nabokov says it is all a matter of love…

“I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes.” – Vladimir Nabokov

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John Updike says it is easy to love people in memory…

“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.” – John Updike, My Father’s Tears and Other Stories

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