5,121 Quotes About Memories

My painful memories sift through me like sand through stretched fingers. Only small pieces cling and stay around for me to keep, the rest just disappear. I know not where and I don’t

Somtimes he'd smile. Other times, his eyes would tear-up. And quite often, he'd do both in that order. Memories should not be considered as mere creatures of the past for sometimes, they affect our present even more than our present itself.

8I ricordi veramente belli continuano a vivere e a splendere per sempre, pulsando dolorosamente assieme al tempo che passa.

What had Old Joe Hunt answered when I knowingly claimed that history was the lies of the victors? “As long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated.” Do we remember that enough when it comes to our private lives?

Poking at the memories, at the guilt she felt over her sister, was like prodding a bear that could wake and consume her at any moment.

I grew up with the dread of seeing piles of old newspapers collect dust and used matches put back into matchboxes. But more than that, I dreaded the memories that were not mine, yet were so adamant to be heard and remembered as the only memories that mattered.

They all had pasts they regretted... the past haunted you, no matter how hard you tried to leave it behind.

He looked at me like I was the stars when all I’d ever felt like was the dark nothingness between them.

Memories are the grandest illusion of all.