Forgotten Quote by Adam Sternbergh

“History is what people want to remember.”

— Jane Stevenson

“politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.”

— Ken Follett

“We're touched by the nostalgia, seeing Walter at the center of our extended European family but our smarter selves find greater satisfaction knowing history…

— Chris Kraus

“I resent the hell out of the politicians and generals who force events on us that structure our lives, that dictate the memories we'll…

— Cristina García

“In our memories the stories of our lives defy chronology, resist transcription: past ambushes present, and future hurries into history.”

— Anthony Doerr

“Truth to tell, at any point in our lives we’ve forgotten more than we know about our own history. The world moves on, and…

— Dathan Auerbach

“We have to remember, sometimes the most important history is the history we're making today.”

— J.K. Rowling

“Of course, in a hundred years, no one will remember any of us and our story will be lost in obscurity, but for us,…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Keeping histories is as much about knowing what needs forgetting as what ought to be remembered.”

— Leah Bobet

“People forget history nowadays,that is what the ego does, making one the prisoner of one's inflated present, ignoring the humble past one had lived.”

— APORVAKALA

“History remembers those who wrote on its pages, not those who discarded them.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Great memories are things that others would like to hear that would never be found in your obituary.”

— Anonymous