"The charm, one might say the genius,..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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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