Memory Quote by Patricia Hampl

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”

— Stephen Elliott

“I worked through memories like weeping wounds. I wrote tedious accounts of petty conflicts and read them aloud to people. I removed layer after…

— Merri Lisa Johnson

“We are nothing more than our stories and who we love. What we pass on, how we exist … it’s having people remember who…

— Carrie Ryan

“I must be ever so careful to remember that my pain is a precious salve that when used in the service of others can…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Memory, or rather experience -- which is the memory of the event plus the wound it has inflicted on you, plus the change which…

— Italo Calvino

“Careful with what you know and what you experience. Sometimes, closed mouth with memories is better than opened mouth with stories.”

— Karolyn James

“Over the weeks I am surprised to find that the more stories I record and the longer I carry them around, the lighter they…

— Brigid Pasulka

“We may just be specters in this world, but our stories, if they are remembered and retold, become real and solid and alive... Once…

— Candace Fleming

“I've allowed some of these points to stand, because this is a book of memory, and memory has its own story to tell. But…

— Tobias Wolff

“Memory is a great servant, but really bad master. When memory plays its role as a master, it limits our choices. It choices doors…

— Ika Natassa

“We cling to the most painful reminders of our youth, our memories or our injuries, perhaps so we can look back to our former…

— Sarah Domet

“Memories are both helpful and hurtful and we decide which to keep alive.”

— Steve Goodier