““You were hurt,” Kumiko said, looking at the scar.
Sally looked down. “Yeah.”
“Why don’t you have it removed?”
“Sometimes it’s good to remember.”
“Being hurt?”
“Being stupid.””

—  William Gibson, book Mona Lisa Overdrive

Source: Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Ch. 22

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