We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We … - Colum McCann

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We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We return to the moment to experience it, I suppose, but we can never really find it, only its memory, the faintest imprint of what it really was, what it meant.