Distracted Quote by William Shakespeare

“Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat in this distracted globe. Remember thee?”

— William Shakespeare

“I sit, this evening, far away, From all I used to know, And nought reminds my soul to-day Of happy long ago. Unwelcome cares,…

— Patrick Branwell Brontë

And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And asleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me must be heard of,…

— William Shakespeare

A place in thy memory, dearest, Is all that I claim; To pause and look back when thou hearest The sound of my name

— Gerald Griffin

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

— Aristotle

Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood…

— John Clare

In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“How many times have I gone back to the border of memory and peered into the darkness beyond? But it is not only memories…

— Diane Setterfield

“Remember thee! remember thee! Till Lethe quench life's burning stream Remorse and shame shall cling to thee, And haunt thee like a feverish dream!…

— Anonymous

“Crowds have one expression, cruel and fixed. You let yourself be trapped by a look. You let yourself be carried off and shut away…

— Marie Desplechin

“The memory has a marvellous capacity to remember the forgotten, its existence and its stalking, and thus allow us to stay alert when we…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“Memory is a haunting.”

— Kim Stanley Robinson