“That’s the effect of living backwards,′ the Queen said kindly: ‘it always makes one a little giddy at first – ’ ‘Living backwards!’ Alice repeated in great astonishment. ‘I never heard of such a thing!’ ‘ – but there’s one great advantage in it, that one’s memory works both ways.’ ‘I’m sure MINE only works one way,’ Alice remarked. ‘I can’t remember things before they happen.’ ‘It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,’ the Queen remarked.”
