Pg. 33
"But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget. You take your material where you find it, which is in your life, at the intersection of past and present. The memory-traffic feeds into a rotary up on your head, where it goes in circles for a while, then pretty soon imagination flows in and the traffic merges and shoots off down a thousand different streets. As a writer, all you can do is pick a street and go for the ride, putting things down as they come at you. That's the real obsession. All those stories."
I believe that this quote is very important and stands out from the book. It explains Tim O' Brien's thought process and encourages the reader to try thinking the same way. The relationships he uses between words and imagery creates a dramatic effect and draws the reader in.
Pg. 36
"Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except for the story."
When I hear the word "story" I feel that it applies to all ages and most of the time has a positive intention. A stereotypical example (although it is very true) would be as a child you may have enjoyed "bedtime stories." (and what's a better way to share a story then to write a book?) Memories may fade but stories are easier to remember. It's very common that the elderly have a lot of stories to tell and people love listening to them! There is something so intriguing about hearing someone speak of all of the things that they have encountered.
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