During the war, I promised the dead I would never forget them. I stared at them, barely able to move myself. Pretended I was one of them. To this day I can recall the light in the ruins.

Chris Bohjalian
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  3. And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

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