When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.”
http://www.twainquotes.com/Memory.html

from:
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/29/241365931/thats-not-what-she-said-7-quotes-you-may-be-getting-wrong

The exact same experience: good or bad, depending …

Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_tom.html

Mark Twain showed how the exact same experience can be regarded as good or bad, depending on how it is presented, or framed.

Because our pre-existing preferences are often undefined, value can be constructed through arbitrary influences.

in:
1.5 The Long-lasting Effects of Decisions
A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior
Duke University
https://www.coursera.org/course/behavioralecon

related:

https://franzcalvo.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/job-crafting

https://franzcalvo.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/feeling-down-watching-this-will-help