“Take care of all your memories. said my friend Mick, For you cannot relive them.”

— Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Basement Tapes (1975), Open the Door, Homer (recorded 1967)
Variant: Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

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