The Decameron Project Quotes

“Memento mori--remember that you must die--is a worthy and necessary message for ordinary times when you might forget. Memento vivere--remember that you must live--is the message of "The Decameron.”
― Rivka Galchen, The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic

“She remembers him once telling her that inside the Marie-Jeanne cave, sounds carry weight and travel in waves strong enough to possibly crack some of the most fragile karst. She imagines herself standing at the lowest depths of this cave, in the Abyss, and hearing again what he whispered in her ear during their wedding dance. One thing, MJ This is our one thing now.”
― Edwidge Danticat, The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic