Memory Quotes · Page 216

“Why do you and I have to hold these memories?" "It gives us wisdom," The Giver replied.”

— Lois Lowry

I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.

— Haruki Murakami

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

— George Eliot

There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.

— Isaac Asimov

“What I remember I cannot tell though it is there in all that I say”

— W.S. Merwin

“When I was me I remembered I could remember what was not there but may have been there once”

— W.S. Merwin

“Our damnable memory is a sieve. It wants to survive. And survival is only possible through forgetfulness.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Tried to forget me. You'll think of me every time you see clouds”

— Jordan Hoechlin

Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once…

— Anonymous

“It targets explicit memories, like your name, where you grew up, your first teacher's name, and leaves implicit memories- like how to…

— Veronica Roth

“At one point Hoffa told Bobby Kennedy regarding the tapes, “To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory,…

— Charles Brandt

Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is…

— Klaus Mann

~Its not when I look back at all the memories and good times we had that makes me sad. its when you…

— Angel_eyes

Women have a better sense of color and a better color memory. They're more likely to notice when something doesn't match; more…

— Helen Fisher

“There is something terrible in the moments after waking up, when the subconscious knows that something terrible has happened but before all…

— Nicholas Sparks

“she seemed not to worry very much about ghings, but rather to accept the world as a fascinating and unusual place where…

— Kim Edwards

Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom, and…

— Arnold Bennett

“And what was wrong with my memory? How come I didn’t recollect how I spent these painful days, and why was I…

— Adam Johnson

“he remembered one particular moment when Odette had met his eye with such a sweet smile it had made his heart trip…

— Melanie Dickerson

A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but its just out…

— Burnie Burns

I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get…

— Mike Birbiglia

Memory is the only thing that binds you to earlier selves; for the rest, you become an entirely different being every decade…

— Sebastian Faulks

“reexamine your recollections of past relationship experiences from a fresh new perspective. Viewing them through an attachment lens will allow you to…

— Amir Levine

My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what…

— Emilia Clarke

We're in a league of our own darling and don't you forget it.

— Zacky Vengeance

I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.

— Steven Moffat

Recalling, for me, is a great way of living, so not to forget.

— Hilton Als

“We are so used to the elephant in the room that sometimes we forget it is there”

— Aminatta Forna

I know it's hard to remember sometimes, but you gotta keep your head up and you can let your head down.

— Author Name

“His memory is compromised,' Lidewij said. 'If only my memory would compromise,' Van Houten responded.”

— John Green

“Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regrate.”

— Oscar Wilde

I want to believe that memories, even sad and painful ones, should not be forgotten forever.

— Anonymous

“Lesson learned. I was a monster. I would never forget that again.”

— Julie Kagawa

With the right music, you either forget everything or you remember everything.

— Anonymous

That awkward moment when someone asks 'do you remember me' and you have no clue who they are.

— Anonymous

I say give me regret, as long as I can keep the good memories too.

— Mouth McFadden

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

— Harold Pinter

But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall.

— Julie Gregory

Whenever I do something right, nobody seems to remember. But when I do something wrong, no one can ever seem to forget.

— Anonymous

“Never forget to look back to see what your accomplishment.”

— Coltgasp