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The way those old memories kept bubbling to the surface in the present tense was disturbing. It was as if the past had never died; as if on some level of time's great tower, everything was still happening.
The way those old memories kept bubbling to the surface in the present tense was disturbing. It was as if the past had never died; as if on some level of time's great tower, everything was still happening.
Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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- Stephen King
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- Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1947; activity date not established; Wikidata Q39829, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39829 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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