--- title: "3 Words Memory Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Words Memory quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Words Memory sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/john-elder-robison-15225_book_we-began-reading-books-together-he-loved_221415.jpg" --- > [“We began reading books together. He loved Dr. Seuss. I read those books so often I could turn the pages and say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-elder-robison/we-began-reading-books-together-he-loved-dr-seuss-i-read-those-books/) [John Elder Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-elder-robison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/john-elder-robison-15225_book_we-began-reading-books-together-he-loved_221415.jpg) > [Correctitude implies nowadays a formal or fastidious use of words; and what is wanted is not so much the correct as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/correctitude-implies-nowadays-a-formal-or-fastidious-use-of-words-and/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_fastidious_correctitude-implies-nowadays-a-formal-o_1981751.jpg) > [I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ebershoff/i-must-say-a-few-words-about-memory-it-is-full-of-holes-if-you-were/) [David Ebershoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ebershoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/david-ebershoff-29756_art_i-must-say-a-few-words-about-memory-it-i_2971298.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-memory/#itemlist", "name": "Words Memory Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We began reading books together. He loved Dr. Seuss. 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