“Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems clear, just as the surface of a pond seems to bend the stick thrust into the water.”

—  Sherwood Smith , book Crown Duel

Source: Crown Duel (Crown & Court #1 - 2, 1997)

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American fantasy and science fiction writer 1951

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