Memory Quotes

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And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on… — Boris Pasternak
Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make… — Jane Yolen
The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers… — Oscar Wilde
Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common. — Jane Austen
Memory has its own special kind. It selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates, minimizes, glorifies, and vilifies also; but in the end it creates its own reality,… — Salman Rushdie
But the past is passed; why moralize upon it? Forget it. See, yon bright son has forgotten it all, and the blue sea, and the… — Herman Melville
The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting. — Milan Kundera
I wish I could leave you certain of the images in my mind, because they are so beautiful that I hate to think they will… — Marilynne Robinson
On its outer surface time is vulnerable to transience. Regardless of its sadness or beauty, each day empties and vanishes. In its deeper heart, time… — John O'Donohue
Memory is a slippery thing. When something terrible happens to you, like the loss of someone you love...memory can turn into a soft blanket that… — Kathi Appelt
People can't seem to get it through their heads that there is never any healing or closure. Ever. There is only a short pause before… — George Carlin
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of… — Khalil Gibran
I nearly dropped the plate I held. "You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inapproprite suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity.… — Richelle Mead
Memory... is an internal rumor. — George Santayana
You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep record of them, that you will read them from time… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that… — Sam Savage
I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my… — Audrey Niffenegger
One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made. — Ann Brashares
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with… — Oscar Wilde
Perhaps things are most beautiful when they are not quite real; when you look upon a scene as an outsider, and come to possess it… — Mark Helprin

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