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I remember you being a lot bigger.

— Peter • Hook

Two small glass marbles beneath a much larger glowing amber sphere against deep indigo.
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A speaker meets someone again and finds them smaller than memory had made them. The line gently measures the gap between an old, enlarged impression and the person actually standing there. It can carry surprise, a touch of disappointment, or fondness, depending on how it is said.

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