• My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.

    E. L. Doctorow: My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.
    E.L. Doctorow (2009). “Homer & Langley: A Novel”, p.207, Random House