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That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive idealists.

Ralph Ellison
Memories, Odds, Identity
Ralph Ellison (2011). “The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated”, p.237, Modern Library
That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive