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Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
— Willa Cather

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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker suggests that certain memories are so vivid and complete that they are as real as living experience, and even surpass anything the future may bring. Such moments, once kept, remain a source of richness that new events cannot equal.
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