"Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter."

Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexican Journalist

Memory, Writing

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"Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter."

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"It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time have all the depth of a photograph. It seems foolish to play games of better and worse. It's simply a matter of is and is no longer."

David Levithan, American Author

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"You were a summer gift, one I'll always treasure. You were a dream I never wanted to wake up from. You opened my eyes to things I'll never really see. You're the best thing that will ever happen to me."

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"'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone."

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John Steinbeck, American Author

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"If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"I remembered his laugh, like a flock of crows taking off."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Nothing's ever gone. We fool ourselves that things fade, but they never do."

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

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"I gave up hoping...But, still, I would think of him, I would cherish his image in my mind, and treasure every word, look and gesture that memory could retain."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

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"The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

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"When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back."

Imogen Cunningham, American Photographer

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