Truth is not always appearance; sometimes you have to squint, to catch sight of it.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Elusive Truth
E
Wasted on Regret
W
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Seriousness and Future
S
One must know something of the future to be serious in the present.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Risk in Laughter
R
Laughter is a risk, like beauty, like love.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Writing’s Battle
W
The act of writing is a kind of warfare against oblivion.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Imprisoned by Loneliness
I
Loneliness can be a prison, a place from which nothing escapes nor enters.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Silence in History
S
History is the pattern of silences telling us what we need to know.
Cynthia Ozick – Foreign Bodies
Memory’s vastness
M
Memory is a house with ten thousand rooms.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Identity and memory
I
We are, each of us, the sum of our memories.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Memory as time travel
M
With memory, we can travel to places that no longer exist.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall