“It watched the strangers with not-eyes. A dead view of the world created by memory and lifeglow.”
“In this world of memories, there's no need for strangers.-Kenshin to Kaoru”
“The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eye of memory.”
“There was a weird intimacy, sitting in a car together. Couples sat in cars. Cops and their partners. Strangers became unstrange, sharing a windshield view of the world.”
“He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
“Some memories remain close; you can shut your eyes and find yourself back in them. But there are second-person memories, too, distant you memories, and these are trickier: you watch yourself in disbelief.”