If she said more he didn't hear it because of the sudden memory superimposed over everything else.

He had a sudden memory of intruding on his mother when a child.

He turned back to the desk with a sudden memory.

He stopped, as though taken by a sudden memory.

The hair on Paul's neck lifted with a sudden memory.

That thought flashed into Rick's mind, and was followed at once by the sudden memory of an answer he had given on the theory test.

And, with a sudden memory of what brought him there, he hid his face in the pillow.

I was sick at heart for him, and wretched with my own sudden memories.

A sudden memory gave him a sick feeling: The sword fell.

It was strange how a sudden memory could make you go weak.