“I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound.”
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their blinding clarity and painful sharpness?”
Source: Almost Heaven
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