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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
So I’m reading through Nausea, and I came across the quote “My memories are like coins in the devils purse: when you open it you find only dead leaves.” What does it mean?

Assistance from an expert in existentialism would be nice.
gpt
It's just an allusion to a story in which the devil grants someone a wish and cheats the person making gold turn into leaves. The meaning: we cherish our memories as if they are gold, but they are nothing more than withering leaves from the tree of our life.