Memory Quotes

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Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us. — Alexandre Dumas-fils
Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness. — Arthur Helps
Hindsight is of little value in the decision-making process. It distorts our memory for events that occurred at the time of the decision so that… — Diane F. Halpern
A person who has not completely lost the memory of paradise, even though it is a faint one, will suffer endlessly. He will feel the… — Eugene Ionesco
We are all looking for something of extraordinary importance whose nature we have forgotten; I am writing the memoirs of a man who has lost… — Eugene Ionesco
She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes. — Frank Deford
Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short. — Frank Herbert
To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep. — George Eliot
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile. — George Eliot
Memory itself is an internal rumour; and when to this hearsay within the mind we add the falsified echoes that reach us from others, we… — George Santayana
Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried, of the summer… — Henry Ward Beecher
If we lose our memory, we lose ourselves. Forgetting is one of the symptoms of death. Without memory we cease to be human beings. — Ivan KlÃma
Memory is what makes us young or old. — Alfred de Musset
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function… — Margaret Barber
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are empty. — Robert Aris Willmott
Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation. — Samuel Johnson
Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do. — Stefan Zweig
I think memories are like dreams. Not reliable proof of anything. I can't prove a memory any more than I can prove a dream. — Susanna Moore
The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved… — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Our memories tell us who we are and they cannot be achieved through committee work, by consulting other people about what happened. That doesn't mean… — Tobias Wolff

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