That one individual should awaken in another memories that belong to still a third is an obvious paradox.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It is paradoxical when one person triggers memories of another person in a third individual.
- In plain terms
- Remembering someone through another person is a strange loop.
- What can you take from it?
- Memories often link people in unexpected ways.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who reminds you of whom?
- How do memories overlap?
Another view
Such links are common in shared social circles.
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