5,121 Quotes About Memories

My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

My memories are like a shuffled deck of cards, each one coming up at random.

Times like this were special. Memory builders. When something extraordinary happened to a person the kind of things remembered forever after it didn't have to be a life-changing event like a graduation or marriage or birth of a child. It more often was the small things. The sheer joy of summer sunlight on a fragrant flower. The giggle of a toddler. The brush of a lover's fingertips. And the person marks the moment with the flashing insight thinking... This is special. I should remember this

Sometimes the memories we cling hardest to are the ones that hurt us the most.

When he told it, I remembered. He handed me my past like… like a spear. But I do not know if I should take it. Is it still mine, if I do not want it?

But memories got left behind while you kept walking on; every time you had to retrace your steps further to return to your memories, and sometimes it was better not to turn back at all.

Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world.

Some memories are presents that I'm unable to unwrap over and over.

A thousand moments lost because you took them for granted, just because you expected a thousand more.