This epigraph makes me think of how I get caught in the moment. For example, I often act very fast on the first emotion I feel. The memory might be a bad one at first, but with time will expand into more emotions. Like a flower during spring, the memory will grow as I grow, and I will begin to see the bigger picture. I also think that Woolf was talking about how time will often shape a memory into something better or worse, we tend to remember what we want to remember and that is why the complete emotions can only be felt when it's in the past. I think that Westover chose to begin with this…