With no sense of smell, your memories dropped like pennies out of a ripped pocket, until the past was ashes and your parents were blanks: nothing more than the holes in Swiss cheese.

Ilsa Bick
With no sense of smell, your memories dropped like pennies...
With no sense of smell, your memories dropped like pennies...
With no sense of smell, your memories dropped like pennies...
With no sense of smell, your memories dropped like pennies...
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When you have no sense of smell, the purpose of your memories is lost. These memories are not only important to you personally, but to society as well. In fact, most people today depend on their ability to remember the exact details of their past for a variety of reasons. If we couldn’t remember our past, we would have a harder time doing our jobs and making decisions in the present.

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