recollection, n.All

Recollection is structured thusly: sorrow is never greater than when you are remembering a happy time in a state of misery; and likewise, calling up sorrow in a happy mood is a source of profound satisfaction.

Recollection is all about specific moments — we do not remember days; we remember moments.

Recollection is the same movement as repetition, except in opposite directions, for what is recollected has been, is repeated backward, whereas genuine repetition is recollected forward.