Siri Hustvedt said this quote

“ Do you know that I can't remember her face? Try as I may, it will not be conjured. I can tell you what she looked like; I can recite a description of her features, part by part, but I cannot evoke the whole face.''Don't you have a photograph?''Photographs!' He spat out the word. 'I'm talking about true recollection - seeing the face. ”

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There is no future without a past, because what is to be cannot be imagined except as a form of repetition.

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Not telling is just as interesting as telling I have found. Why speech, that short verbal journey from inside to outside can be excrutiating under certain circumstances is fascinating.

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We chart delusions through collective agreement.

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I was happy without having sought happiness.

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