Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a you…

Diane Ackerman
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Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live? ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir, p.54, W. W. Norton & Company
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