It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over … - Kazuo Ishiguro

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In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seriously.

Kazuo Ishiguro

It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that. But the fact was, I suppose, there were powerful tides tugging us apart by then, and it only needed something like that to finish the task. If we'd understood that back then-who knows?-maybe we'd have kept a tighter hold of one another.

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But then, I suppose, when with the benefit of hindsight one begins to search one's past for such 'turning points', one is apt to start seeing them everywhere.

Begins, Benefit, Benefits, Everywhere, Hindsight, Past

I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they'd once belonged to the sea.

Gone, Pile, Sea, Think, Thinking

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.

Like, Memories, Memory, Texture, Writing

Typically in my novels the narrator tells a story by remembering, and the memories are colored by this and colored by that. So the whole universe of the novel tends to be framed by the narrator's memories and thoughts.

Framed, Memories, Remember, Typically, Universe

Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy.

Church, Conflicts, Day, Healthy, Mixture, People