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Selective Memory Quotes

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Dathan Auerbach
“Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves”
Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

Lucy Ellmann
“...the fact that there’s a lot you have to blank out if you want to get through life...”
Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport

Sarah Winman
“The air fizzed. I remember telling this to Annie once, and Ellis couldn’t remember a bloody thing. He’s so disappointing at times. Couldn’t remember the fishing boats, or Francoise Hardy, or how warm the evening was, and how the air fizzed -
Fizzed? he said.
Yes, I said. Fizzed with possibly or maybe excitement. I said to him that just because you can’t remember doesn’t mean the past isn’t out there. All those precious moments are still there somewhere.
I think he’s embarrassed by the word precious, said Annie.
Maybe, I said, looking at him.”
Sarah Winman, Tin Man

Amy Neftzger
“Memories are not always the best measure of things.”
Amy Neftzger, The Orchard of Hope

Donald Miller
“Life isn't memorable enough to remember everything. It's not like there are explosions all the time, or dog smoking cigarettes.”
Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

Cristina García
“She wonders if memory is little more than this: a series of erasure and perfected selections.”
Cristina García, The Agüero Sisters

Rachel Kushner
“I block certain things out. Everyone does. It’s healthy.”
Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room