Life quotes Quote by Meeta Ahluwalia

“The futility of the attempt was obvious; when you put in that much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory.”

— Steve Toltz

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

— Neal Shusterman

“Memory really matters...only if it enables us to become without ceasing to be, and to be without ceasing to become.”

— Italo Calvino

“Memories take time and energy to create.”

— Pat Ennis

“Life demands more thinking than remembering.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The harder you try to forget something, the more you think about it unconsciously.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist...”

— R. Lutece

“When we try to forget, it’s often because we fear the weight of remembering. But the more we try to forget, the more we…

— Zaishah

“Our struggle is also a struggle of memory against forgetting.”

— bell hooks

“<...> maybe the need to be remembered is stronger than the need to remember.”

— Sarah Winman

“Focusing on creating something helped me to forget everything else.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Maybe memory is overrated. Maybe forgetting is better. (Show me the Proust of forgetting, and I'll read him tomorrow.) Sometimes it's like juggling a…

— Francisco Goldman