It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart–never the sensation of the moment.

Roger Zelazny
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We all look back on certain moments in our lives and think about them for years. We relive our pasts in our minds constantly, even if we know that the memory was not quite as it should have been. But, memories are the only things that make us feel alive. There is no better way to experience life than to live through memory.

Source: Threshold

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