I memorized him, because I did not know him.
Her first thought, incongruous but overpowering, was to memorize him so she could draw him later".
After he died she memorized him until she was sure he was safe.
I, in turn, had spent a decade calling him numerous times a day, stopping by his office because I was in the neighborhood (via a $10 cab ride) in order to memorize him, to learn him as one would study a fine sapphire.
Because Wolff's story deals "with the bending of time," memorizing it helped him bend time as well.
Now, at seventy-six, he radiates ease and intuition in his profession: for him, memorizing scores is effortless, and so is hearing that the third bassoon's staccato has gone a little soft.
Reagan claimed both men as major influences — he read and reread "Witness" until, Oppenheimer notes, "its cadences were native to him, memorizing entire passages, quoting and paraphrasing them at length in political speeches" — but their pessimism sat uneasily next to his sunny faith in the providential American future.
Meyer threw concepts at him to memorize and scolded him for using "should" instead of "will".
Instead, he relied on his wife or his assistants at work to help him memorize speeches or read him cases or books.
Making sure I wasn't causing him discomfort, I hugged my brother close one more time giving him warmth, memorizing his scent, sharing his pain, and saying goodbye.
