Memory holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life... the companion... the tutor, the poet, the library, with which you travel.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Mark Van Doren, (Jun 13 1894-1972), US poet, writer; He was an eminent teacher who upheld the writing of verse in traditional forms throughout a lengthy period of experiment in poetry.