I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep th… - Joan Didion

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I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us.

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

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Nothing was irrevocable; everything was within reach... I could make promises to myself and to other people and there would be all the time in the world to keep them. I could stay up all night and make mistakes, and none of it would count.

"Privilege" is something else.
"Privilege" is a judgment.
"Privilege" is an opinion.
"Privilege" is an accusation.

I am what I am. To look for reasons is beside the point.

I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. - Joan Didion

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