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It was a strange feeling, as if he were recollecting the present from the future.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2013

Miss Kenton, I thought, became visibly happier when I talked about the house and soon we were recollecting together various old memories, frequently laughing over them.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro