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“Every time you remember something, the memory weakens, as you’re remembering the last recollection, rather than the memory itself. Nothing can remain in tact. Still, it does not stop you wanting, does not stop you longing.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water

“What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate.
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water

“In another world, we were already friends.”
― Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

“I didn't understand: you don't believe what you believe on purpose. Could you be punished because certain ideas come into your mind?”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Inseparable