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> [“…this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you can’t remember if you’re recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph. Or perhaps the photograph is the only reason you remember that moment. (p.85)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/this-is-the-problem-with-photographs-after-a-while-you-can-t-remember/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

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## More by Michael Zadoorian

> [“The memories we take to the ends of our lives have no real rhyme or reason, especially when you think of the endless things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/the-memories-we-take-to-the-ends-of-our-lives-have-no-real-rhyme-or/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“Why does the world have to destroy anything that doesn't fit in? We still can't figure out that this is the most important reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/why-does-the-world-have-to-destroy-anything-that-doesn-t-fit-in-we/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“I think about what the man at the Coney joint said. He was right. We are the people who stay. We stay in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/i-think-about-what-the-man-at-the-coney-joint-said-he-was-right-we/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“But what I do love about this road is how the gaudy becomes grand, how tastelessness is a way of everyday life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/but-what-i-do-love-about-this-road-is-how-the-gaudy-becomes-grand-how/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“Know this: even if you’re like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/know-this-even-if-you-re-like-us-and-still-doddering-around-above/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“I thought that nothing enormously bad or good had happened to me during my life. All the normal things had occurred. I had lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/i-thought-that-nothing-enormously-bad-or-good-had-happened-to-me/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“…this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you can’t remember if you’re recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/this-is-the-problem-with-photographs-after-a-while-you-can-t-remember/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“We pass a church with a massive blue neon cross, and I am spiritually lifted by feelings of great religiosity. No, I’m not, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/we-pass-a-church-with-a-massive-blue-neon-cross-and-i-am-spiritually/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“The last slide is Main Street at night, with the castle lit silver blue in the background. In the sky, fireworks are going off,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/the-last-slide-is-main-street-at-night-with-the-castle-lit-silver/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“Anyone who never met a man he didn't like just isn't trying hard enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/anyone-who-never-met-a-man-he-didn-t-like-just-isn-t-trying-hard/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/after-a-while-just-staying-alive-becomes-a-full-time-job-no-wonder-we/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“Hi lover," he says to me, completely forgetting what happened before. He knows who I am. He knows that I am the one person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/hi-lover-he-says-to-me-completely-forgetting-what-happened-before-he/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“I am constantly mystified by what John ends up remembering… I just don’t understand why he’s able to hang on to information like that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/i-am-constantly-mystified-by-what-john-ends-up-remembering-i-just-don/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“It doesn’t upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/it-doesn-t-upset-me-to-think-about-dying-what-upsets-me-is-the-idea/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

> [“You worry about your parents, siblings, spouses dying, yet no one prepares you for your friends dying. Every time you flip through your address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-zadoorian/you-worry-about-your-parents-siblings-spouses-dying-yet-no-one/)

[Michael Zadoorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-zadoorian/)

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