Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and… — Meir Shalev Copy Share Image
“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“All memories fade away in the end. Then, only dreams are left. And because they are all we have, we confide our… — Philippe Forest Copy Share Image
“Now he reduced his progress to the rhythm of his boots -- he walked across the land until he came to the… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
I was a very ziddi kid. One Diwali, I was hell-bent on lighting an anaar on my palm, and it burst on… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for… — Daniel T. Willingham Copy Share Image
“Shame was a peculiar beast, Naomi knew. She suspected everyone had it: the dragon they wanted to slay. But for her it… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret? — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Eddie Conway is central to my first memories. My parents used to take me to, when it was open, the Baltimore city… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I feel like... the boy lost somewhere between the torment of memory and a few fragile shards of hope. ” — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
“The hours tick by as I lie in bed. Memories keep surfacing, tormenting me into unbelievable sadness. I can't bring myself to… — Ashley Earley Copy Share Image
“My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain...There was a time when our people covered the land… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done. — Osip Mandelstam Copy Share Image
“It's like when someone dies. And you can't believe they're really gone because you ran into them yesterday. They were right there… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“When I think of my father’s eyes I’m reminded of blood. I’m reminded of hate. I’m reminded of death. How in a… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
“193. The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, “Then was then,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“People who have lost their memories have lost much of what makes them who they are. Memory is what enables us to… — Patricia Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Wander to Discover. The best thing about memories is making them.” — Diana Rose Morcilla Copy Share Image
I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Our memories are the keys to our past and everything we've ever worked for, fought for, and dreamed of. — Natalya Neidhart Copy Share Image
I...have been in that weird state between dreaming and waking, where dreams could be memories and the real world could be a… — Jocelyn Davies Copy Share Image
The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are always obscured by accumulations of later knowledge. — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
“one might call this state ["youth" (but that seems inaccurate)] "remembering" but memory is quite eerie like caging a dream, and when… — David David Katzman Copy Share Image
“In the end no matter who you are, or who you were the only thing you'll never lose are the memories you… — Dara Rock Copy Share Image
“Son, can you play me a memory. I'm not really sure how it goes. It was sad and it was sweet and… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“Forget, forget nothing, don't forget the sweetness, don't forget the severity. If indifference and unkindness take hold of your being, stir your… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
I have a very specific memory of watching 'Singing in the Rain,' and looking at myself in the mirror after watching it… — Kat Edmonson Copy Share Image
I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
“The memory was so painful that tears came into my eyes, and a pang of grief tore through my body.” — Skeelo Khumalo Copy Share Image
“...when I checked the other day, I found it - my strawberry patch - overgrown and hidden under weeds, but still there...like… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“Now I was just a transient in the valley, a one-eyed passerby too fat for his years, and life there had the… — Kenzaburō Ōe Copy Share Image
![“one might call this state ["youth" (but that seems inaccurate)] "remembering" but memory is quite eerie like caging a dream, and when I recite the rote details the real event slithers further from me because the telling of it reshapes it, every touch alters it, until it is unrecognizable except as…” quote by David David Katzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b18/david-david-katzman-42025_cause-and-effect_one-might-call-this-state-youth-but-that_3232200.jpg)
