The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might have. And so I never questioned Angela about that particular story, or about all the troubling things that it pointed to, content to believe that at least in this version things worked for her better than they did in the one I never heard.


How to Read the Air (ed. Penguin, 2010) - ISBN: 9781101444351

Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might...

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might...

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might...

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might...