Memory - Elizabeth Bowen

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The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

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vmlm 11 years, 3 months ago
Why is that something to celebrate? I wish I could remember a lot of things that I forget all the time.

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