Idealization-of-the-past Quote by Ashim Shanker

“Memory is of no use to the remembered, only to those who remember. We build ourselves with memory and console ourselves with memory.”

— Laurent Binet

“Memory is most fickle among the guilty. Fine, no one steps forward, no one lives!”

— H.S. Crow

“The whole experience was prime material for memory repression. I”

— Bobby Adair

“Memory had a habit of erasing, leaving only the most necessary.”

— Daisy Johnson

“Memory may be mischievous but it is also remarkable, self-cleaning, creative, ultimately as magical as a prediction.”

— David Schmahmann

“But isn’t that the way it is with memory? Give it enough time and it will become worn down and covered in a patina…

— Jason Mott

“Memory is the most potent truth. Show me history untouched by memories and you show me lies.”

— Carlos Eire

“I had long since realized that each of us organizes memory as it suits him, I'm still surprised when I do it myself. But…

— Elena Ferrante

“The human memory is such a cruel, frustrating thing, the way it just discards things without asking permission, precious things.”

— Lisa Jewell

“Memory is a traitor, and a liar, and a good-for-nothing thief.”

— Jay Kristoff

“More fundamentally, I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“Memory is just an alternate version of reality.”

— Candace Bushnell