“And what did I think
when I was small
and why did I forget?

And what else will I forget
when I grow older?

And if you forget
is it as if
it never happened?

Will none of the things
you saw or thought or dreamed
matter?”

— Sharon Creech , book Heartbeat

Source: Heartbeat

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American writer of children's novels 1945

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