Alive Quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers us.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“His life would be lonely too until he, too, died, ceased to exist, became a memory - if anyone remembered him.”

— James Joyce

Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.

— George Orwell

“And he uncovered in us a curious need: that we each secretly wanted him to remember us the most. It was strange, both vital…

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“He would only be here on earth for a short while, just like every other human, but that didn’t matter. What mattered were moments…

— Darcie Boleyn

“... he had understood that memory was a place, a real place that one could visit, and that to spend a few moments among…

— Paul Auster

“He felt, sometimes, like the keeper of memories-the one who had to facilitate that invisible transition between the way it used to be and…

— Jodi Picoult

He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot be said that he was glad to be alive. But at…

— Paul Auster

So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in…

— Leo Tolstoy

“They would be remembered for a moment then would be forgotten as if they had never walked the earth.”

— Anonymous

The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón