Birth Quote by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

— Sara Zarr

We need to remember lest we forget!

— Kostallanetz Evans

But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers.

— Richard Rodriguez

As far as I'm concerned it's the other way round. We repeat what we remember. Only forgetfulness sets us free.

— Margot Livesey

He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on.…

— Cormac McCarthy

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

He who forgets will be destined to remember…

— Anonymous

Why is it that we always remember that people forget; but we always forget that they remember?I used to remember...but I forgot!

— Merrit Malloy

If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. It would take us as long…

— William James

Some things become such a part of us that we forget them.

— Antonio Porchia

“some memories, too, might better be forgotten. didn't Obasan once say, "it is better to forget"? what purpose is served by hauling forth the…

— Joy Kogawa

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

— Benjamin Disraeli