“The book and the picture left an indelible impression on my mind.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: M.K. Gandhi, 'An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth' (childhood chapters); narrative sentence.
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Some stories and images don't just entertain — they lodge somewhere deep and quietly set a course. A single vivid scene, met at the right age, can become a private standard a person measures himself against for decades, long after the details of the plot have faded.
When to use it
- A boy who watches a firefighter carry a stranger to safety spends the next twenty years chasing that calling.
- A grandmother's account of surviving hard times becomes the yardstick a girl uses whenever her own life turns rough.
- A documentary seen in school fixes a lasting image that steers a teenager toward marine biology.