"Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened."

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Source : Amy Bloom (2007). “Away: A Novel”, p.44, Random House

Amy Bloom

#Memories Quotes #Dark Quotes #Two Quotes

“[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.”
“There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!”
“Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.”
“There's something extremely fragile about musicians, and that's their strength.”

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“Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day.”
“Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious search for God.”
“I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.”
“Jane's stories are too sensible. Then Diana puts too much murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills the off to get rid of them." -Anne Shirley”

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