Memory Quotes

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I am quite alone. I am neither happy nor unhappy; I lie suspended like a hair or a feather in the cloudy mixtures of memory. — Lawrence Durrell
What is this called, what I am doing, to myself, to my life, this wallowing, this pondering, this rolling over and over in the same… — Charles Yu
One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno. — Baltasar Gracian
North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat.… — Jennifer Crusie
You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives.… — Ann Brashares
The memory of an absent person shines in the deepest recesses of the heart, shining the more brightly the more wholly its object has vanished:… — Victor Hugo
The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. Any lasting grief… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Shame has poor memory. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Only everyone forgets how seldom our memory is accurate. Having more memory is just a way of distorting a greater amount of the past"p.193 — Craig Clevenger
I do a good job of blocking painful, unnecessary things from my memory. — Stephenie Meyer
Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time. — Paul Auster
Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an… — Matthew J. Kirby
Even in that time of utter darkness, somewhere deep inside me the memory of love and goodness had stayed alive. — Juliet Marillier
When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances...Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves… — Ai Yazawa
To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting. — Erich Maria Remarque
I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm… — Suzanne Collins
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flowerâ€”suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place… — Katharine Hepburn
Memory has no power but what the soul chooses to make of it. — Carol Berg
Ice is most welcome in a cold drink on a hot day. But in the heart of winter, you want a warm hot mug with… — Vera Nazarian
Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke.… — David Levithan

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