“When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.”
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
“And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Wintersmith
Source: Wintersmith
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