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Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Sound of Things Falling Quotes: The world's a scary place these days. Grandpa, , you've seen worse things, haven't you? Please tell me the world has always been like this.
         

The world's a scary place these days. Grandpa, , you've seen worse things, haven't you? Please tell me the world has always been like this.


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What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.



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The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.



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...the nostalgia for things that weren't yet lost.



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Remembering tires a person out. this is something they don't teach us. Exercising one's memory is an exhausting activity. It draws our energy and wears down our muscles.

Remembering tires a person out. this is something they don't teach us. Exercising one's memory is an exhausting activity. It draws our energy and wears down our muscles.





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