Quotes About Memory

When all trace of our existence is gone, for whom then will this be a tragedy?

the child would ask him questions about the world that for him was not even a memory. He thought hard how to answer. There is no past.

He said that like every man who comes to the end of something there was nothing to be done but to begin again. No puedo recordar el mundo de luz, he said. Hace muchos años. Ese mundo es un mundo fragil. Ultimamente lo que vine a ver era mas durable. Mas verdadero.

Algunas cosas las olvidas, no? Olvidas lo que quieres recordar y recuerdas lo que quieres olvidar.

He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever

You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

Pami?taj, ?e to, co wpuszczasz do g?owy, pozostaje w niej na zawsze.

each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the word and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.

The legacy of the word is a fragile thing for all its power, but I know where you stand, Squire. I know that there are words spoken by men ages dead that will never leave your heart. Ah

The next great war wont arrive until everyone who remembers the last one is dead. You think that nuclear war is inevitable. I agree with Plato that only the dead have seen an end to war. And people dont fight with rocks when they have guns. Etcetera and so on.

Each memory but a memory of the one before until…What? Host and sorrow to waste as one without distinction until the wretched coagulant is shoved into the ground at last and the rain primes the stones for fresh tragedies.

A dead man's dog ain't got a name.

I dont know what to tell you, he wrote. Much has changed and yet everything is the same. I am the same. I always will be. I'm writing because there are things that I think you would like to know. I am writing because there are things I dont want to forget. Everything is gone from my life except you. I dont even know what that means. There are times when I cant stop crying. I'm sorry. I'll try again tomorrow

A life without grief is no life at all. But regret is a prison. Some part of you which you deeply value lies forever impaled at a crossroads you can no longer find and never forget

Pensó que cada recuerdo evocado debe violentar en alguna medida sus orígenes. Como en un juego. El juego del teléfono. Más vale ser parco. Lo que uno altera mediante el recuerdo tiene sin embargo una realidad, sea o no conocida.

Lastly he looked at the face so caved and drawn among the folds of funeral cloth, the yellowed moustache, the eyelids paper thin. That was not sleeping. That was not sleeping.

So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.

Kafana koyduÄŸun ÅŸeylerin sonsuza kadar orada kald???n? hat?rla, yeter, dedi. Bunu düÅŸünmek isteyebilirsin. Baz? ÅŸeyleri unutursun ama, deÄŸil mi? Evet. Hat?rlamak istediÄŸini unutursun ve unutmak istediÄŸini de hat?rlars?n.

Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

The old man remembered it now with dim regret, and remembered such nights when the air was warm as a breath and the moon no dead thing.

Ten presente que las cosas que te metes en la cabeza están ahí para siempre. Quizá deberías pensar en eso. —Algunas cosas las olvidas, ¿no? —Sí. Olvidas lo que quieres recordar y recuerdas lo que quieres olvidar.

remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

He pulled the boy closer. Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.