“His soul is too dense. If he comes out, he'll dissolve into pieces, like a deep-sea fish pulled to the surface too quickly. I suppose my job is to go on holding him here at the bottom of the sea.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“People tend to think they break up because they get tired of the person they've been with—that it's someone's decision, either yours or theirs. But this isn't really true. Periods in our lives end the way seasons change. That's all there is to it.”
― Hardboiled & Hard Luck
― Hardboiled & Hard Luck
“Memories don't just pile up—they also change over time. And sometimes they fade of their own accord. Though the process, for me, is quite different from what happens to the rest of you when something disappears from the island.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“If you read a novel to the end, then it’s over. I would never want to do something as wasteful as that. I’d much rather keep it here with me, safe and sound, forever.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“Her life was like a pale shadow of life, given form by innumerable layers of anguish.”
― Hardboiled & Hard Luck
― Hardboiled & Hard Luck
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