EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED

"and he said he tied one around his index finger to remember something terribly important, and fearing he would forget the index finger, he tied a string around his pinky, and then one from waist to neck, and fearing he would forget this one, he tied a string from ear to tooth to scrotum to heel, and used his body to remember his body, but in the end he could remember only the string."

- Everything is illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer