Memory Quotes

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He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and drove away. I… — Sloane Crosley
Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory. — Don DeLillo
Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems… — Sherwood Smith
Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been. — Edgar Allan Poe
I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can… — Raymond Carver
The world shrieks and sinks talons into our hearts. This we call memory. — Tim O'Brien
...the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into… — W G Sebald
Perhaps a creature of so much ingenuity and deep memory is almost bound to grow alienated from his world, his fellows, and the objects around… — Loren Eiseley
I watched her face switch among the radio stations of memory — Diane Ackerman
He Sipped his coffee, watched the flames. "You gave me my life, you did," He insisted when Summerset made a protesting sound. "And I worked-in… — Nora Roberts
There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying… — Colum McCann
That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old… — Dean Koontz
There are always three sides to every memoryâ€¦yours, theirs, and the truth, which lies somewhere in between the two — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Except for a couple of hours in the morning which I passed in the company of a sage I stayed in bed without food only… — Leonard Cohen
For fear, real fear such as shakes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal… — Yann Martel
Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to it, and the… — Salman Rushdie
The word landed with a stony thud Onto my still-beating breast. Nevermind, I was prepared, I will manage with the rest. I have a lot… — Anna Akhmatova
One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hoursÂ´ sleep each night - I cannot recall at… — P.G. Wodehouse
He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes against the… — Nicholas Sparks
Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau… — James Sallis

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