"Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.“


-Andre Maurois

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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

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