Ancestor Quote by Toba Beta

“Living men forget the lessons of the past. But the ancestors never forget.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Why should I forget the past experienced? I can only let go of the pain.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them…

— Lu Xun

“Why should I forget the past experience? I can only let go of the pain.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“That’s why we forget some of the craziest or most painful parts of our lives. We have to forget them, because it would be…

— Katy Tur

“It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.”

— Francesca Marciano

“Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another…

— Emil Cioran

“That's the way history works. People forget so easily. You start telling yourself a new version of the past, and after a while, it…

— Peter Tieryas

“We forget most of our past but embody all of it.”

— Adam Begley

“Maybe the problem with holding onto memories so tightly is that they don’t allow us to make room for the future. Maybe the gentle…

— Ryan Galloway

“Because supposedly those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“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