The objects for which there is no satisfactory resolution… In theory, these mementos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make … - Joan Didion

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The objects for which there is no satisfactory resolution… In theory, these mementos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here.

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About Joan Didion

Joan Didion (December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer known as a novelist, journalist and prose stylist.

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