Memory Quote by Yoshitoshi ABe

“A memory is not the thing remembered.”

— Patrick Ness

“But I don't remember. I won't remember. Memory is an act of will, and so is forgetting.”

— Julian Barnes

“I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.”

— Edith Konecky

“A memory is an echoing of what was once happening.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Who was it said that memory is what we thought we’d forgotten?”

— Julian Barnes

“Memory had a habit of erasing, leaving only the most necessary.”

— Daisy Johnson

“A memory is a re-creation, precious because it is both more and less than the original.”

— Ken Liu

“Perhaps memory is a thing that everyone involved has to work at, like stitching up a big quilt out of everything that ever happened…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“There’s a fine line between forgetting an event, and suppressing the memory of it.”

— Jonathan Coe

“Memory is a traitor, and a liar, and a good-for-nothing thief.”

— Jay Kristoff

“He captures memories because if he forgets them, it's as though they didn't happen.”

— Donald Miller

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

— Noam Shpancer