Quotes about Memory

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

In the end, we’ll all become stories.

Remember, it was a game. That’s what they always said.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.

When the past is recaptured by the imagination, breath is put back into life.

X-rays of the heart reveal the truth of our experiences.

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

Vivid memories often carry the weight of years.

If you can’t understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation.

Memory is a greater artist than the imagination.

I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

Xenophobia is cured by exposure.

We can’t change the past, but we can choose how to live with it.

Remembering is an act of bravery.

The things we remember are the things that define us.

Zeal without knowledge is like a ship without a compass.

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you.

A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

The past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time.

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain.

Memory is like a garbage disposal: it churns the past.

Memory is a double-edged sword, both a gift and a curse.

People are at their most tiresome when they talk about their own experiences.

Just as memories are a blend of fact and fiction, so too is the history we share.

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly.

Fragments of memory are all we have left.

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.

Uncertainty is the root of all fear.

Zeal and duty are not always aligned.

X marks the spot where our memories are buried.

Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.

Forgetfulness is a blessing and a curse.

But we can’t let the past control our future.

Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that.

It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you.

A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him.

Go there and remember, my friend.

Past experiences shape our present perceptions.

The same night whitening the same trees. We, of that time, are no longer the same.

I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every window.

Even though I can’t remember my past, I feel as if I’ve known you all my life.

Come to think of it, that was my most vivid memory.

Memories are precious, but they have to be shared.

From our memories, we create our realities.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.