Doe Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Forgetting is like lighting a candle. The candle slowly disappears but the wax is always there.

— Anonymous

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

— Erich Maria Remarque

Memory is this one attempt to not be erased by time. And I think that ties back to what I learned watching my grandmother…

— Anthony Doerr

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

— Sara Zarr

Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.

— Romare Bearden

The body remembers what your mind forgets.

— Martha Manning

Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.

— James Cook

Forgetting stuff is just human, especially when other things are on our minds.

— Claudia Winkleman

Memory is the thing you forget with.

— Alexander Chase

Trying to forget about something will never make it go away. It will always be there when you try to push it back, because…

— Catalina Fazio

Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.

— Honore de Balzac

The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon