Happens Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“How comes it that our memories are good enough to retain even the minutest details of what has befallen us, but not to recollect…

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to…

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Different people remember things differently, and you'll not get any two people to remember anything the same, whether they were there or not.

— Neil Gaiman

We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to…

— Anonymous

We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it…

— S.J. Watson

Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with…

— John Slattery

Our memories are independent of our wills. It is not so easy to forget.

— Richard Sheridan

What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.

— Julian Barnes

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

— Rodman Philbrick

Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

— Alice Munro