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He stood with his two frail hands on his cane and his eyes closed, and breathed in deeply the scent of the past. "Sometimes," he sighed, "I think the things I remember are more real than the things I see.
He stood with his two frail hands on his cane and his eyes closed, and breathed in deeply the scent of the past. "Sometimes," he sighed, "I think the things I remember are more real than the things I see.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Arthur Golden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Arthur Golden: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q432728, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432728 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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