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Nothing can last forever; there is no memory, however intense, that does not fade.

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More quotes by Juan Rulfo

It is a difficult thing to grow up knowing that the thing where we can hold on to take root is dead.

In my life there are many silences…In my writing, too.

Learn this, son: in the new nest you have to leave an egg. When I aged you, you will learn to live, you will know that the children are leaving you, that they do not thank you for anything; They eat until your memory.

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

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