2,914 Quotes About Memory

The key to staying lost was to never love anything. This was his gift, a short-memory. A long memory could drive a man crazy.

Memory becomes meaningless without time.

[A]n old writer’s memory is the whore of his imagination. We all reinvent our pasts, I said, but writers are in a class of their own.

She cannot be lost because no one is looking for her.

Three scents accompany my memories of this place: cut wood, poppy-seed bread, and the soft, crisp smell of snow.

Some people say the rain with no purpose and others say with memories and wishes

Is this neuro-bot really supposed to be her, this creature, this thing, compiled of the ghosts of human data, the replicas of their past?

Inside the museums, | Infinity goes up on trial | Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while

Sometimes, we do ourselves a disservice to yearn for what we've lost. For if we try to find it again, we might discover faults and blemishes memory has been kind enough to erase.