“i was talking about time. it’s so hard for me to believe in it. some things go. pass on

“i was talking about time. it’s so hard for me to believe in it. some things go. pass on. some things just stay. i used to think it was my rememory. you know. some things you forget. other things you never do. but it’s not. places, places are still there. if a house burns down, it’s gone, but the place–the picture of it–stays, and not just in my rememory, but out there, in the world.”

…

“if it’s still there, waiting, that must mean nothing ever dies.”
“nothing ever does.”

-beloved, toni morrison

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