2,914 Quotes About Memory

The race of man haunted by the thought of what it used to be, ashamed of what they are, afraid of what they were.

A house does not need ghosts to be to be haunted”, she said at last, without turning. “Memory itself is enough, if there’s someone there to remember.

But at this point I know I'm only remembering the last time I remembered, an increasingly distorted recursion reaching back in time.

Memories. That's all I have left. Memories of all the good I've done and all the bad too.

Maybe memory was just a wicked curse, and the kind of mind what could wipe out painful recollections a blessing. Maybe .....

We remember the past so we can handle the future. That’s it. Our subconscious does all the work – memories have no place in waking hours. Every second we spend reliving a memory without choosing to is a form of psychosis. If you live in the past, you’re lost, trapped in yourself.

Time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a solvent.

She tries not to think about that--she swears sometimes her memory runs forward as well as back, unspooling to show the roads she'll never get to travel

I won't forget," she said"You will surely forget, Xan. Have you not met yourself?