"I always recall the past to my children," Mr. Loh Thoeun said.
When I think about the future, I always recall a cover by Mattotti that helped to usher in the last year of the twentieth century: "Spyglass," published on January 11 , 1999
"One particular night that I always recall is when I was basically raped, tied down and abused by nine different men".
Thinking about a university's chances of breaking into a big city market, I always recall the example of my alma mater, Boston College, and its football team, which, in 2007, was undefeated.
And in 2006 Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, in a West End revival directed by Anthony Page, showed there are no games without pain: I always recall Irwin slamming the door-chimes in agony as he realised Martha and Nick were about to retire upstairs.
When I think of the character of such people I always recall the story told by a woman from the little town of Sedro Woolley in Washington State.
"And what I always recall is her testimony saying, 'What difference does it make?' And the fact of the matter is it makes a huge difference".
I've always recalled that anecdote, with some embarrassment, as a sort of personal cultural watershed.
I've always recalled an anecdote that ran in the Times several decades ago, from an interview with the opera singer Harolyn Blackwell, who was about to perform "La Fille du Régiment" at the Met.
So I assume I'll always recall the doctor's waiting room where I opened a dimpled, out-of-date issue of The New Yorker and found Roberto Bolaño's story "Gómez Palacio".
