Memory Quotes

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When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too… — Steve Toltz
I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I'm called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed.… — Neil Gaiman
This is the most precious gift anyone has ever received. You gave me back a memory that I will cherish forever. You gave me something… — Abbi Glines
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of… — George R. R. Martin
What business does memory have with time? — Jess Walter
Two thousand miles, Rachel,â€ he said tightly, and I guessed that no, it didnâ€™t violate the rules of whatever he was doing out here, because… — Kim Harrison
A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your… — David Levithan
The worst moment of one's life could be seared into the memory, brighter than any joy. — Laini Taylor
He was the most ordinary man in all the world, and yet in her memory he'd become luminous, like the prince in a fairy tale. — Cheryl Strayed
What if I left my memory in the future and I have to catch up to it? — Warren Ellis
My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory. — Tea Obreht
Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers. — Kazuo Ishiguro
I, however, like black. It is a color that makes me comfortable and the color with which I have the most experience. In the darkest… — James Frey
Giles: Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences… — Joss Whedon
The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory… — Frances Mayes
The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So… — George Carlin
And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious… — Colleen McCullough
I fly through memory to find a newborn love. — Dejan Stojanovic
When all is lost, there is still a memory. — Dejan Stojanovic
Oblivion cures the old wounds. — Dejan Stojanovic

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