Here is the truth he wants to ignore: that what is forged i… - Maaza Mengiste

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Here is the truth he wants to ignore: that what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave.

Maaza Mengiste

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Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American author.

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Who remembers what to do? she asks. Who remembers what it means to be more than what this world believes of us?

We all know that war destroys mankind, and in spite of their differences in race, creed, and religion, women all across the world despise war because its fruit is nothing but destruction.

She is afraid of crumbling and disappearing, of being taken and being left behind at the same time: a body tumbling between hands while dying inside.

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