Quote by Rod McKuen

“Sometimes forgetting was just as bad as remembering.”

— Sarah Dessen

“I have always had a bad memory, as far back as I can remember.”

— Lewis Thomas

“...and the worse the memory, the stronger its stranglehold on the present.”

— Eliza Granville

“It was not always like this, of course. On occasion it's been worse.”

— John Gardner

“Sometimes it is better to imagine the past than to remember it.”

— Anthony Shadid

“Just smile at what has gone by; it could have been worse.”

— Haresh Sippy

“You forget the bad things. Why would you want to remember them?”

— James Smythe

“The past is past. And better it remain so.”

— Jenna Blum

“For the record, everything new is not worse than everything old.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves.”

— Suzanne Young

“It is hard to forget that which it is worse than useless to remember.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“The forgetting and having to remember again was the very worst part.”

— Ann Brashares