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Memory and Habit are attributes of the Time cancer. They control the most simple Proustian episode, and an understanding of their mechanism must precede any particular analysis of their application.
Memory and Habit are attributes of the Time cancer. They control the most simple Proustian episode, and an understanding of their mechanism must precede any particular analysis of their application.
Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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- Samuel Beckett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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