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Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never know what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.

— Pierce Harris

A tiny coral knitted mitten holds a pebble beside a small bucket on a sunlit shore.
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Memory is compared to a child strolling a beach, picking up whatever small pebble catches their eye. You can't predict which little detail will get kept, and those chosen bits become treasured in ways that seem random.

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