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> [“But then comes a time when forgetting isn't possible. And I do mean a particular time when no amount of dreaming, not then and maybe not ever, can change how naked and unimportant we become in our own eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/but-then-comes-a-time-when-forgetting-isn-t-possible-and-i-do-mean-a/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

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## More by Stig Dagerman

> [“I received in inheritance neither god nor a given spot on earth from where I can draw the attention of a god: no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/i-received-in-inheritance-neither-god-nor-a-given-spot-on-earth-from/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible. I’ll never master that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/journalism-is-the-art-of-coming-too-late-as-early-as-possible-i-ll/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [“...aspirava a uma paz que só a inocência na solidão pode proporcionar, a paz de um solitário inocente, que não abandonou nem traiu ninguém…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/aspirava-a-uma-paz-que-s-a-inoc-ncia-na-solid-o-pode-proporcionar-a/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [“But then comes a time when forgetting isn't possible. And I do mean a particular time when no amount of dreaming, not then and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/but-then-comes-a-time-when-forgetting-isn-t-possible-and-i-do-mean-a/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [How is it possible on the one hand, for example, to behave as if nothing on earth were more important than literature, and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/how-is-it-possible-on-the-one-hand-for-example-to-behave-as-if/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [“When she enters the room she immediately shuts the window and draws the shade with a quick, hard pull. Then she throws herself down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/when-she-enters-the-room-she-immediately-shuts-the-window-and-draws/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

> [Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You must now know that the most important thing is not duties but what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stig-dagerman/life-expects-of-you-duties-which-appear-repugnant-to-you-you-must-now/)

[Stig Dagerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stig-dagerman/)

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