A nameless person tells a story of when they had an intimate conversation over dinner with a former schoolmate whom they idealized.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.

After suffering a battlefield injury during World War I, an English soldier develops persistent amnesia, making him fearful of his own actions during the memory blackouts.

Fondly recalling memories at the motion picture theater, an old man blurs the lines between past and present.

A man remembers a fateful autumn during his junior year of high school, which he spent playing football in apple orchards, riding in his best friend's car, and falling in love.

A woman and her brother are hiding from two violent dogs in the pantry in a house they broke in to, and she regrets bringing him into this because he has not fully recovered from his traumatic head injury.

When her husband's heart condition lands him in the hospital, an elderly woman living in Florida reevaluates the formative events of her life.

A successful scientist revisits his college town to meet up with his old friend - who now appears to be a bumbling alcoholic - in order to convince him to leave his cheating wife.

A child chained in a cellar abused by their enraged parents decides to take matters into their own hands.

During his travels in the Pacific, a young man hears tales of a great adventurer. When he returns home and relays the news to his father, he discovers a long-kept secret.