2,914 Quotes About Memory

I would never see her again, except in memory. She was here, and now she's gone. There is no middle ground. Probably is a word that you may find south of the border. But never, ever west of the sun.

Great moment, great memory.

We that have done and thought,That have thought and done,Must ramble, and thin outLike milk spilt on a stone.

If it is fancy which bestows brilliancy on our ideas, if it is memory which gives them stability, passion doth more, it animates them. ... To make me believe it is enough to show me that things are so; to make me act, it is necessary to show that the action will answer some end.

Hold each moment you create on your sacred journey close to your heart, for that is the location where your memory will be deposited.

The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable.

És agora que uma verdadeira mulher, disse, e tratou de me mudar a roupa. Sentia-me a morrer e ela mudava-me a roupa, calmamente. Acharam que devia ficar um dia de cama. Por ser a primeira vez. À tarde apareceu a mãe de Raquel. Ouvi-a falar com a minha mãe e dar uma gargalhada. Em seguida abriu a porta do meu quarto. Parabéns, Rose, parabéns! Como eu os odiava a todos.

Nowadays he doesn't think of his wife, though he knows he can turn around and evoke every move of her, describe any aspect of her, the weigh of her wrist on his heart during the night.

Ambos factores son importantes para el funcionamiento de la memoria: si no nos volviéramos tolerantes a las experiencias conocidas, siempre nos resultarían nuevas y potencialmente abrumadoras. El cerebro probablemente se quedaría sin capacidad de almacenaje, como un ordenador viejo. De manera similar, si no nos volviéramos cada vez más sensibles a ciertas cosas, no seríamos capaces de mejorar el modo de responder ante ellas.