Essentialism Quote by Orson Scott Card

“It's often the material things that provide the essence of memory.”

— Marjorie Garber

“I knew a man who, in the age of chain-saws, went right on cutting his wood with a handsaw and an axe. He was…

— Wendell Berry

“Perhaps memory is a thing that everyone involved has to work at, like stitching up a big quilt out of everything that ever happened…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“The only reason people hold onto memories is because memories are the only things that don't change, even when everyone else does.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“I've hidden memories in boxes inside my head before. Sometimes it's the only way to deal with things.”

— Alice Feeney

“Memory is like a cat. It comes and wraps itself around you when you least desire it, and the moment you seek it out,…

— Melodie Winawer

“The fact that you can't remember things doesn't mean that you haven't been shaped by them.”

— Douglas Wilson

“I have learned, though, that memories aren’t things that have to pile up and overwhelm you. They’re just colors...that shade all the new things…

— Ben Monopoli

“Every memory makes me who I am right now, in this moment. Good or bad, all experiences shape you.”

— L.H. Cosway

“Nothing can be cut away. Even the worst of our memories is part of the foundation that keeps us in the world.”

— Mark Lawrence

“Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lost”

— Kevin Arnold

“Memories are just like a torn up peice of paper, you can not get it back.”

— Madison Sellers