Collapse Quote by Walter Benjamin

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

— William Gibson

“To what extent does time distort memory>”

— Anita Shreve

A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.

— Jimmy Savile

They say that time can play tricks on a memory.

— Randy Travis

Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup.…

— James Sallis

Memory is a stopgap for humans, for whom time flies and what is passed is passed.

— Umberto Eco

We live with such easy assumptions, don't we? For instance, that memory equals events plus time. But it's all much odder than this. Who…

— Julian Barnes

Time's the thief of memory

— Stephen King

“The human brain has a monstrous ability to re-create memories of such clarity that the rest of the body loses all sense of time.”

— Fredrik Backman

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

— Joan Didion

Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.

— Adrian Forty

Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones.

— Stephen King