“Language does this to our memories—simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An oft-told story is like a photograph in a family album; eventually, it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”

— Karen Joy Fowler, book We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

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American novelist, short story writer, editor 1950

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