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Tennessee Williams

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

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Most of what we experience in life is remembered after it happens, rather than fully lived in the moment. The present instant is so brief and fleeting that we often miss truly noticing it as it passes.

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