"What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen."

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It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment - but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?

— Lord Byron