People always talk about how hard it can be to
remember things - where they left their keys, or the name of an acquaintance -
but no one ever talks about how much effort we put into forgetting. I am
exhausted from the effort to forget... There are things that have to be
forgotten if you want to go on living. [Stephen Carpenter, Killer]
Lately I’m BEing asked to remember a LOT of stuff, stuff
that is better NOT brought back to mind. And then there are things that pop up
that I didn’t remember at all.
“There's a word for it," she told me, "in
French, for when you have a lingering impression of something having passed by.
Sillage. I always think of it when a firework explodes and lights up the smoke
from the ones before it."
"That's a terrible word," I teased. "It's like an excuse for holding onto the past."
"Well, I think it's beautiful. A word for remembering small moments destined to be lost.” [Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything]
"That's a terrible word," I teased. "It's like an excuse for holding onto the past."
"Well, I think it's beautiful. A word for remembering small moments destined to be lost.” [Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything]
Somedays I canNOT add a thing except WOW!!!
One couldn’t be
selective when remembering the past. Ignore the turmoil, chaos and pain – and
the truly great memories would not shine with such luster. [Karen Fowler, Memories For Sale]
Such simplicity in this truth.
I love you, Currie
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