"It wasn't that I forgot Hanna. But at a certain point the memory of her stopped accompanying me wherever I went. She stayed behind, the way a city stays behind as a train pulls out of the station. It's there, somewhere behind you, and you could go back and make sure of it. But why should you?"

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Source : FaceBook post by Bernhard Schlink from Jul 13, 2011

Bernhard Schlink

#Memories Quotes #Cities Quotes #Way Quotes

“People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacleâ€”the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and thoughts dropped in to obscure its clear stream. And when people stare too close to silence they sometimes face their own reflections, their magnified shadows in the depths, and that frightens them. I know; I know.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Scented gardens for the blind: a novel”, George Braziller
“If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to without your help was the most important thing, then it was also the hardest.”
“The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.”
“Yes,â€ Howie said solemnly. â€œI can teach you how to be more â€˜streetâ€™â€. â€œFor Godâ€™s sakeâ€¦â€ â€œOr is it â€˜urbanâ€™? I canâ€™t remember. Anyway, I can teach you, grasshopper. Or hip-hopper.”
“Nick and Simon had come to a natural end of their working relationship with Warren, which obviously opened the door for a reunion of the original five.”
“Relations are errors that Nature makes. / Your spouse you can put on the shelf. / But your friends, dear friends, are the quaint mistakes / You always commit yourself.”
“Masturbation is great for the right arm”
“Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.”

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