Memory Quote by Balthasar Gracian

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

— Daisy Johnson

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

— Lisa Jewell

“A memory is not the thing remembered.”

— Patrick Ness

“Memory really matters...only if it enables us to become without ceasing to be, and to be without ceasing to become.”

— Italo Calvino

“Memory is like a cat. It comes and wraps itself around you when you least desire it, and the moment you seek it out,…

— Melodie Winawer

“Memory is as thick as mud. It rises up, it overwhelms. It sucks you down and freezes you where you stand. Thrash and kick…

— Lauren Oliver

“Our damnable memory is a sieve. It wants to survive. And survival is only possible through forgetfulness.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Memory can only hold a piece of that which we lose, but it is a piece.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“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 all that matters in the end”

— Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

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

— Jay Kristoff

“There is no control over memory.”

— Jean Rhys