Ability Quote by Varlam Shalamov

Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.

— Marilynne Robinson

Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life.

— Mark Van Doren

If we lose our memory, we lose ourselves. Forgetting is one of the symptoms of death. Without memory we cease to be human beings.

— Ivan Klíma

Memory performs the impossible for man by the strength of his divine arms; holds together past and present, beholding both, existing in both, abides…

— Mark Van Doren

“People who have lost their memories have lost much of what makes them who they are. Memory is what enables us to learn by…

— Patricia Wolfe

Forgetting is a very good survival mechanism.

— George Harrar

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

— Antonio Porchia

Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.

— Ray Bradbury

“Memory in the mind of man can adapt to the worst conditions. I'll give you an example, an analogy of sorts: Each night I…

— Bob Thurber

“...here we have the first lesson about the nature of memory: what you wish to forget, you may not be able to. What seems…

— Noam Shpancer

A man without a memory is only capable of doing evil, nothing else but evil.

— Svetlana Alexievich

Memory loss is one way of coping with damage.

— Jeanette Winterson