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“ What are any of our lives but the shapes we force them into. Memory doesn't come to us of its own; we go after it, pull it into sunlight and make of it what we need, what we're driven towards, what we imagine, changing the world again and again with each new quarry, each descent, each morning. ”

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Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau days, imploded years. Like a bad actor, memory always goes for effect, abjuring motivation, consistency, good sense.

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Rina’s always claimed that I expect too little from life,” Standard said.“Then at least you’ll never be disappointed.

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Why’d you call, boy? What did you want from me?The company of a friend, I think.Always a cheap treat.

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What’d you need?Desuetude.Reading again, are we? Could be dangerous. It means to become unaccustomed to. As in something gets discontinued, falls into disuse.Thanks, man.That it?Yeah, but we should grab a drink sometime.

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