“And, as Rhonda told the story, she thought: this is how the past gets passed down. This is how memories are made. Half-invented, embellished, given a touch of whimsy.”
“In the words of the late Francis Crick...You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. (13)”
“Our culture is an edifice built of externalized memories.”
“The Motion Picture Association of America wipes the sweat off its brow and sings the PG-13 song.”
“Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.”