Memory Quote by Tom Perrotta

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

“The main benefit of memory for past events may be that it allows us to imagine future events.”

— Thomas Suddendorf

“History, like memories themselves, tended to become distorted with the passing of time, or worse, corrupted with the agendas of those writing it.”

— Terry Goodkind

“Memory is that trick by which we see the awful events of the past loom over the good, like mountains over mouse. We don't…

— Jamie Kain

“Memories are often pruned and shaped by an ego-enhancing bias that blurs the edges of past events, softens culpability, and distorts what really happened.”

— Jonathan Gottschall

“We alter the past for the sake of the future, memories bending like light.”

— Matt Gallagher

“He would come to feel that history, even more than memory, distorts the present of the past by focusing on big events and making…

— Tracy Kidder

“Memories can sometimes be more powerful than the present.”

— Anna Aquino

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

“Memories are changeable depending upon the passage of time and the perspective through which they are viewed.”

— Steven Redhead

“[Memory]... is a system of near-infinite complexity, a system that seems designed for revision as much as for replication, and revision unquestionably occurs. Details…

— John Daniel

“Big events, small, mundane moments of the day–it doesn’t matter; the past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.”

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds