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"Most things are forgotten over time. Even war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the distant past. We're so caught up in out everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new terminology... 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."

- pg 98 

"Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear."

- pg 138

"The strength I'm looking for isn't the kind where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that outside power, to stand up to it. The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortune, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings."

- pg 317

+ points if you know what book these quotes are from!
These are just a few of my favourite quotes that I feel I can relate to from a book I just finished reading last night.