Memory

"When I was young, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not." --Mark Twain (p. 100)

The gold of memory may be panned from experience, but it's washed in the acids of emotion, which etch the deepest memories.

--Diane Ackerman, An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain. Scribner, 2005, p. 105. ISBN 0743246748.