John Green writes that "Language shapes our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories." He says in one of the footnotes of The Anthropocene Reviewed that "Nothing lies like memory". Memory is inaccurate and unreliable. Memory decays and degrades. But, perhaps, if it is a 'lie', it is a lie in the same way that fiction is a lie; "good lies that say true things", as
Memory and Imagination
Memory and Imagination
Memory and Imagination
John Green writes that "Language shapes our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories." He says in one of the footnotes of The Anthropocene Reviewed that "Nothing lies like memory". Memory is inaccurate and unreliable. Memory decays and degrades. But, perhaps, if it is a 'lie', it is a lie in the same way that fiction is a lie; "good lies that say true things", as