Deep thoughts Quote by Iain Reid

“Pretty much all memory is fiction and heavily edited. [...] A memory is its own thing each time it's recalled. It's not absolute. Stories…

— Iain Reid

Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

— Daniel Kahneman

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

— Alice Munro

“And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That's what stories are for. Stories are for joining the past to…

— Tim O'Brien

A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't…

— Matt Besser

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

“Our memories are not totally fact or completely fiction. They are a conglomeration of the thoughts that we put together to explain to ourselves…

— Jim Stovall

Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth.

— Chelsea Cain

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”

— Stephen Elliott

“For those who write memoirs, memory is not a mere recollection of facts; it is a ragbag we pick through, salvaging scraps to craft…

— Rossandra White

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

“Memory's truth, because memory has its own special kind. It selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates, minimizes, glorifies, and vilifies also; but in the end it…

— Salman Rushdie