đź“š: Indian Nocturne, Antonio Tabucchi: Quotes: Memory is a formidable falsifier
Another thing that can happen to one in the course of a lifetime is to spend a night in the Hotel Zuari. At the time it may not seem a particularly happy adventure; but in the memory, as always with memories, refined of immediate physical sensations, of smells, of colour, and the sight of a certain little beasty beneath the washbasin, the experience takes on a vagueness which improves the overall image. Past reality never seems quite as bad as it really was: the memory is a formidable falsifier. Distortions creep in, even when you don’t want them to.
— Antonio Tabucchi
I find the explanation of memory’s effects compelling.
I like the appearance of the “little beaste beneath the washbasin”, the dance from general “smells” and “colour” to the very specific.