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Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes: As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
         

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.


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She always wanted to believe in things.

She always wanted to believe in things.



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Love isn't about when you first meet. It's about the many, many years you spend together, when you're trying to keep that flame burning.



Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.



Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers.

Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers.



If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.



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Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?





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