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Definition
to remember — especially experiences from long ago
- He felt himself at the edge of some unpleasant recollection, but the instant he knew it was there it was gone, and he was waiting again, reading the scrawled note on the corner of his desk: Obtain the release of Nick S. On a smaller sheet there was another note, in Betty's hand: Check ins. pol. on converted School Bus for Ben.3 — Lion Emerging from Cage (34% in)
- With the sharp recollection of the stones there came, in terrible soul-crushing clarity, the desk itself—polished walnut that had seemed to burn with an inner light—the walnut captain's chair where the Old Man always sat, the notebooks, the Bible, the legal books, the wide, clean window looking out on a world now utterly vanished—expanses where trees grew taller than any trees grow now, where fences stood out in precise detail and flowers were sharp particulars—a world where, for...8 — The Kleppmann File (60% in)
- He understood clearly, all at once, that if he did it a hundred times, a thousand, it would still be mere dream, as vague in his mind as his morning recollections of love-making with Louise.14 — The Wilderness (76% in)
There are no more uses of "recollect" in The Sunlight Dialogues.
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