The Story of Forgetting Quotes

“...that the basic transaction of life itself was a sad, endless amalgam of public endurance and private indulgence.”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“There weren't words for it. It was like trying to photograph a sunset or telling the story of a dream dreamt, a private intensity, and attempts at its reproduction could only be met with a shrug.”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“Could there be anything more sad and more lonely than remembering what terrible things the future will bring?”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“To remember nothing," they would say. "What more could one possibly ask of eternity?”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“Maybe there was relief to be found in the prospect of having no choice.”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“Mama only snorted. A terse, ironic half laugh, the kind of angry chortle that powered Mama through her daily drudgery, as if it were the exhaust from an internal engine that runs on pure sass.”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting

“No one seems to be trying hard enough to do anything... What if we made them all chronically dissatisfied?”
― Stefan Merrill Block, The Story of Forgetting