Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.
Yet as the days went by and the pains in my feet subsided, I began to look back on my little adventure with a hint of fondness. When it comes to memories, it seems we all have an editor within who will__f it__l make for a good story__evise the senseless into symbols, or rephrase miseries into warm memories.
Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom
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Yet as the days went by and the pains in my feet subsided, I began to look back on my little adventure with a hint of fondness. When it comes to memories, it seems we all have an editor within who will__f it__l make for a good story__evise the senseless into symbols, or rephrase miseries into warm memories.
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