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Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events but when it comes to how we experienced them at the time, memory feels no obligation to truth.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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