Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files thi…

John Irving
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Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you! ✨ John Irving (2012). A Prayer For Owen Meany, p.46, Random House
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Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you! ✨ John Irving (2012). A Prayer For Owen Meany, p.46, Random House

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