When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened…

Mark Twain
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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review, p.113, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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