This is what those who havenโt crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they are not alive, but doesnโt mean that they do not exist.
Julian BarnesMemory is identity....You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death.
Julian BarnesI thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.
Julian Barnes