And even if you were in some prison, the walls of which let none o

And even if you were in some prison, the walls of which let none of the sounds of the world come to your senses — would you not then still have your childhood, that precious, kingly possession, that treasure-house of memories? – Rainer Maria Rilke

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Recalling days of sadness, memories haunt me. Recalling days of happiness, I haunt my memories. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. – Samuel Johnson

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Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. – Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest”

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