"We remember nothing. Maybe for a year or two. Maybe most of a life, if we live. Maybe. But then we will die, and who will ever understand any of this? And maybe we remember nothing most of all when we put our hands on our hearts and carry on about not forgetting."

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Source : Richard Flanagan (2014). “The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel”, p.233, Vintage

Richard Flanagan

#Heart Quotes #Years Quotes #Two Quotes

“The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.”
“The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving.”
“What is odious but . . . people . . . who toast their feet on the register. . . .”
“The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.”

Source : Zenith Brown, Leslie Ford (2018). “Ill Met by Moonlight”, p.112, Wildside Press LLC
“I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.”
“Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, but now I'm literally inundated with demands from hundreds of think tanks and public-policy groups, all vying for my limited funds”
“To take away (voting) is to reduce a man to slavery.”
“England expects every man to do his duty”

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