So many brief memories lying in the dust of his mind, like pearls without a string to hold them together.

The heat of the torch beat upon his closed eyelids, leaving the brief memory of the cool blade the sweeter still.

Grey had a brief memory of Quarry's voice, saying "If you dine alone with the man, don't turn your back on him."

For most of us it is gone forever and can only be recaptured as a brief memory or the excitement in a child's eyes.

As awareness returned, there were brief memories of dreams and strange events which vanished as he opened his eyes.

There entered his mind a brief memory of the girl--a pleasant memory.

There was an intensity to his voice, a sureness of what he recalled that made her feel this brief memory was important.

And there was that brief memory - his own body with a crushed skull.

The shape was silent for a minute, talking to the scouts or maybe absorbing the scouts' brief memories.

I have only a brief chaotic memory of the next few seconds.