5,121 Quotes About Memories

I suddenly felt the weight lift off my shoulders as the whole world seemed wild and wonderful. I closed my eyes, holding my breath, trying to hold onto the moment. I wanted to forget that it wouldn't last forever. I wanted to forget that I couldn't be the wind. I wanted to forget that when the car stopped, I would be me and he would be him again.

I thought you would end up in my memories but you’re still here.

They had a name for themselves, once, when all was free and unburdened, effortless, but very real.

I miss youI miss the memories at the diner where we used to meetI miss youI miss seeing you every dayI miss youI miss knowing if you’re okayI miss you

...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge it up - exhume the past again ...

We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has coined a couple of terms to make the distinction. He talks about the "experiencing self" versus the "remembering self.

If we live only for a moment, we must enjoy that moment to the fullest by remembering those who have loved us and those we have loved.

I want to take all our best moments, put them in a jar, and take them out like cookies and savor each one of them forever.

Memories are of the ethereal, and not the material world, that is how I know I am forever.