Ends Quote by Julian Barnes

“This [...] isn't something I actually saw, but what you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you witnessed.”

— Julian Barnes

The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we…

— Gary Wolf

“I remember, in no particular order: - a shiny inner wrist; - steam rising from a wet sink as a hot frying pan is…

— Julian Barnes

“But we can't choose what we forget. The more we try to forget something, the more we end up remembering it.”

— Neal Shusterman

The older you get the more new memories get wiped out, and you end up remembering more about your early life than what you…

— Ken Loach

“Let’s call my mood melancholy; let’s call it remembrance. Or maybe let’s call it longing. Yes, let’s call it longing instead.”

— Shannon Celebi

But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at…

— Julian Barnes

Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to…

— Julian Barnes

“One of the worst cases of employee abuse that I witnessed in the workplace was a toxic manager holding employees captive in a remote…

— Steven Magee

We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are.…

— Mahmoud Abbas

The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another…

— Erin Gruwell

There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I'm literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking…

— Cecily Strong