Photos’re better than nothing, but things’re better than photos ’cause the things themselves were part of what was there.

~ David Mitchell

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In theory momentos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here. How inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here is something else I could never afford to see.

~ Joan Didion

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