“Everything passed away in an instant, with nothing left behind except the scars of things I injured and despised.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I appreciate the concern, but when your father kills 25 women before you're a teenager, painful memories don't need a trigger. They just are.”— Edward Allen Bernero, Ashley Seaver, Rachel Nichols, imdb.com
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“And I have still other smothered memories, now unfolding themselves into limbless monsters of pain.”— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.com