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“I don’t know. Maybe there’s a place out there where people whose hearts aren’t empty can go on living.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“But as things got thinner, more full of holes, our hearts got thinner, too, diluted somehow. I suppose that kept things in balance.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“A heart has no shape, no limits. That's why you can put almost any kind of thing in it, why it can hold so much. It's much like your memory, in that sense.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Memories are a lot tougher than you might think. Just like the hearts that hold them.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“No matter how careful we are, we all leave behind little bits of ourselves as we go about our lives. Hair, sweat, fingernails, tears…any of which can be tested. No one can escape.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Maybe there’s a place out there where people whose hearts aren’t empty can go on living.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Maybe there's a place out there where people whose hearts aren't empty can go on living.”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police