Quote by Hotaru Odagiri

“Forgetting is as integral to memory as death is to life.”

— Rabih Alameddine

“Forget forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is…

— Peter Rock

The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“People who have lost their memories have lost much of what makes them who they are. Memory is what enables us to learn by…

— Patricia Wolfe

“To live in the needs of the day, find forgetfulness.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Our damnable memory is a sieve. It wants to survive. And survival is only possible through forgetfulness.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“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

“Remembering everything is not the only solution. Perhaps, forgetfulness can make us live in peace too.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Forgetting means remembering at an inconvenient time.”

— Carol Edgarian

“Most humans suffer from amnesia.”

— Bert McCoy

“Look around you and look at yourself: the world is swarming with assassins, that is, people who allow themselves to forget those they claimed…

— Amélie Nothomb

“Forgetting used to be a failing, a waste, a sign of senility. Now it takes effort. It may be as important as remembering.”

— James Gleick