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The quote says memory is a core part of identity. It also distinguishes between memories we are aware of and those that work beneath awareness.
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Source
The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves (2024)
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The phrase appears in the book "The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves (2024)" by Siri Hustvedt (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Siri Hustvedt
American novelist and essayist
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist known for her wide-ranging prose across fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of nonfiction. Her books include The Blindfold, The Enchantment of Lily Dahl, What I Loved, A Plea for Eros, The Sorrows of an American, The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves, The Summer Without Men, Living, Thinking, Looking, The Blazing World, Memories of the Future, and Ghost Stories. What I Loved is the book for which she is best known, and What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.
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