The deepest secrets always lie in the places you’ve been taught not to look.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Hidden secrets
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Memory’s permanence
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Time might be a river. But memory is a stone.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
War and memory
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Every hour, she thinks, someone for whom the war was memory falls out of the world.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Power of memories
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Memories can make us stronger. They’re the architecture of our identities.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Haunting memories
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What is a memory but a ghost of a moment, haunting us forever?
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Perspective change
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Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Value of memories
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Our memories are our most cherished possessions.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Cherishing memories
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We return to certain memories more often than others, polishing them into little shining gems.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Fading memories
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A memory does not fade, it simply moves to a quieter room in the mind.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall
Forgetting
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To forget is to let the sediment of life cover the past.
Anthony Doerr – Memory Wall