Effort Quote by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

— Erich Maria Remarque

Forgetting is natural, remembering is the effort one makes.

— William Kentridge

When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that…

— Steve Toltz

I can remember much forgetfulness.

— Hart Crane

One who easily forgets can be easily forgotten.

— Anonymous

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

— Margot Livesey

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

— Richard Rodriguez

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

— Sara Zarr

You can easily forget the things you try to remember, and remember the things you try to forget.

— Syoung

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

— Tim O'Brien

It isn't a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past.

— Aldous Huxley

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

— William James