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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sister Mary Lunatic wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>4. If you could spend one year in
perfect happiness <BR>but afterward would remember nothing of the experience
<BR>would you do so? If not, why
not?<BR><BR> **Auxiliary question : Which is more
important: <BR>actual experiences, or the memories that remain when <BR>the
experiences are over?<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Idon'tthink I could ever agree to
that.Everything that I am is based on my experiences. I
can't grow and learn if I don't remember something. And honestly, I've
always felt that without sadness, I wouldn't fully appreciate the happiness I
receive. Perhaps that's overly romantic of me, but oh well. I'd
rather have one pure moment of perfect happiness that I could hold forever in
memory, rather than a year that would vanish from my mind.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have no idea how to answer the second
question. I guess they're equally important...without experiences,
memories wouldn't exist, but without memories, the experience would have no
meaning afterwards. One cannot exist without the other.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>post more of these -- they're great! where
did you get this book?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Abbie, who used to have philosophical discussions
at 4 am with her dorm mates</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:starling823@yahoo.com">starling823@yahoo.com</A><BR>69%
obsessed with HP and loving it<BR>"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his
eyes. "A magic beyond all we do
here!"<BR> -HP and the
Sorcerer's Stone</DIV></BODY></HTML>