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Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.

Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.
– Abigail Thomas

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  3. Beneath history, memory and forgettingBeneath memory and forgetting, life. – Paul Ricur
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  5. The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.–The Fruit Hunters – Thomas Jefferson
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  8. You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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  10. Be still:There is no longer any need of comment.It was a lucky windThat blew away his halo with his cares,A lucky sea that drowned his reputation. – Thomas Merton
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  24. Time becomes meaningless without memory. – Jon Edgell
  25. It ended sadly. The kind of ending where you wait together, holding hands and weeping, while off in another room, love slowly dies. – Abigail Thomas
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