How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph), with the exception of Part V, which runs (Part#. "Short Title". Paragraph). Part V has no numbered chapters—only title headings.
Quote #10
Whoever wishes to remember must not stay in one place, waiting for the memories to come of their own accord! Memories are scattered all over the immense world, and it takes voyaging to find them and make them leave their refuge! (VI.8.9)
Tamina has this startling epiphany after years of waging a battle against the loss of her past life—but it's too late for her to do anything useful with this new info. Had she been able to act on this, she might have been reminded of the useful bits of her past by making a life for herself in the present.
But she's already surrendered to the urge for self-destruction by wanting to drop the weight of the past that's moving quickly away from her. What she gets instead is a life without "weight"—no meaning, no purpose, and no future.