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And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. A nation's memory.

And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers’ mothers. A nation’s memory.
– NoViolet Bulawayo

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