Grow Old Quote by Cristina Garcia

“What the advocates of our dangerous and deepening social amnesia don’t understand is how deeply the past holds the future in its grip—even, and…

— Timothy B. Tyson

“Remembrance of the past may give rise to dangerous insights, and the established society seems to be apprehensive of the subversive contents of memory.”

— Herbert Marcuse

“Are all societies doomed to amnesia—or are there communities that have preserved their collective cultural memory? The world, which is the private property of…

— Anonymous

“Only with steadfast memories can we now be strong so as to undo the mistakes of the past, to begin anew and build from…

— F. Sionil José

“Some memories never heal. Rather than fading with the passage of time, those memories become the only things that are left behind when all…

— Han Kang

“We live, and then forgetting -- we live yet again. Sometimes, the consequences of the past follow us across many lives.”

— Daniel H. Wilson

“The enemy wants us unable to forget the terrible things that occurred in the past and instead remember them as though they happened yesterday.…

— Stormie Omartian

“They urge us to study our history that we might learn from past tragedies and errors. But sometimes I think it's actually a good…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another…

— Emil Cioran

“Some people are consumed with thoughts and memories from their past. Their mourning, regretting, rehashing, and begrudging doom them to life imprisonment in their…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“It‘s complicated. I think when bad things happen—whether someone dies or people argue or split up—you get to a point where it‘s just too…

— Sarah Ockler

“People so easily forget their past selves.”

— Henrik Ibsen