Memory Quote by César Aira

Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

— Honore de Balzac

“Describe what is meant by “forgetting.”

— Richard Benson

“Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another…

— Emil Cioran

“The existence of forgetting has never been proved: we only know that some things do not come to our mind when we want them…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Forgetting is as integral to memory as death is to life.”

— Rabih Alameddine

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Forgetting means remembering at an inconvenient time.”

— Carol Edgarian

“Forget forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is…

— Peter Rock

“Forgetting used to be a failing, a waste, a sign of senility. Now it takes effort. It may be as important as remembering.”

— James Gleick

“There are things that one keeps on dreaming of forgetting, while others were ought to be remembered, but were kept off.”

— Fady Seleem

Forgetting is like lighting a candle. The candle slowly disappears but the wax is always there.

— Anonymous

The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche