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title: "9 Long Memories Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy/taxpayers-have-long-memories-especially-when-it-comes-to-how-their/)

[John Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/john-kennedy-6970_how_taxpayers-have-long-memories-especially_2814335.jpg)

> [“The heart will stretch a short love into long memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darnell-lamont-walker/the-heart-will-stretch-a-short-love-into-long-memories/)

[Darnell Lamont Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darnell-lamont-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_heart_the-heart-will-stretch-a-short-love-into_2219762.jpg)

> [“He could get no rest as long as the memories were tangled with the present”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/he-could-get-no-rest-as-long-as-the-memories-were-tangled-with-the/)

[Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/leslie-marmon-silko-14967_memories_he-could-get-no-rest-as-long-as-the-memo_259952.png)

> [As long as you have the memories, you can be with that person forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/park-ha-sun/as-long-as-you-have-the-memories-you-can-be-with-that-person-forever/)

[Park Ha-sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/park-ha-sun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/park-ha-sun-99758_drama_as-long-as-you-have-the-memories-you-can_975396.png)

> [Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/scots-have-long-memories-and-they-re-not-the-most-forgiving-of-people/)

[Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/diana-gabaldon-185_forgiving_scots-have-long-memories-and-they-re-not_2379317.jpg)

> [Nina Turner had burned a lot of bridges in local Cleveland politics years ago, and voters have long memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-johnson/nina-turner-had-burned-a-lot-of-bridges-in-local-cleveland-politics/)

[Jason Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/jason-johnson-5687_bridges_nina-turner-had-burned-a-lot-of-bridges_1891985.jpg)

> [The only reason people hold onto memories so long, is because memories are the only things that don't change when everything else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-foster/the-only-reason-people-hold-onto-memories-so-long-is-because-memories/)

[Liam Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-foster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/liam-foster-32309_memories_the-only-reason-people-hold-onto-memorie_2517866.jpg)

> [I think that the only reason why people hold on to memories so tight for so long is because memories are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-that-the-only-reason-why-people-hold-on-to-memories-so-tight/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Our long memories hold the stories of what our people accomplished, but they also hold the prejudices, the injustices, the harm that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beto-o-rourke/our-long-memories-hold-the-stories-of-what-our-people-accomplished/)

[Beto O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beto-o-rourke/)

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