2,914 Quotes About Memory

The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.

The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories.

[I]t is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.

Time is memory - where there is memory, there is time, where there is no memory, there is no time.

You're bigger than I remember," she said stupidly."You too," he said. "I also remember that you were beautiful.""Memory does play tricks on us.""No. Your face is the same, but I don't remember what beautiful means anymore. Come on. Let's go out into the lake.

It's all right if you can't remember. Our subconscious is spectacularly agile. Sometimes it knows when to take us away, as a kind of protection.

Forgetting is, I think, a form of protection.

One's capacity to forget absolutely is immense.