Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective me…

Haruki Murakami
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Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us - is rewritten - we lose the ability to sustain our true selves. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). 1Q84: Books 1 and 2, p.275, Random House
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