340 Quotes About Forgetting

We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were.

Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves

I pour blood on my naiveté, your apathy, and your betrayal tonight.

Memories are never as true as the things one forgets.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or making the memories insignificant. Healing means refocusing

She goes on with her beautiful hair and mouth like before,I go on like before, alone in the field.It’s like my head had been lowered,And if I think this, and raise my headAnd the golden sun dries the need to cry I can’t stop having.How vast the field and interior love... !I look, and I forget, like dryness where there was water and trees losing their leaves.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.