"Memory Never Recaptures Reality. Memory Reconstructs. All Reconstructions Change The Original, Becoming
"Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short." - Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune
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