Quotes About Memory

he spoke a word of pure German: "Vernichtungslager." Extermination camp.

The phonographs of hades in the brainAre tunnels that re-wind themselves, and loveA burnt match skating in a urinal—

I can remember much forgetfulness.

There are no stars tonight but those of memory.

Die Hochzeitsfeierlichkeiten begannen. Der Tote ist vergessen, der Lebende hat sein Land und seine Ehre in Besitz genommen. Das war bei ihm gut aufgehoben.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father's generation. It's a kind of inheritance, the memory of it.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets.

Funny how that is. The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets

When my children complain that I'm forgetful, I remind them that DAD is just ADD spelled sideways.

As we know, human memory is notoriously unreliable when it comes to recalling facts. But when it comes to matters of the psyche, the way we feel about what happened can be as significant as the facts of the case.

Pimpin dan kendalikanlah jiwa dengan baik, karena amat liarnya, dan beri ingatlah, karena dia lekas lupa.

every beautiful and strange event made more poignant for having been photographed.

Putting a body in a box as a keepsake for mortals to cling to long after everything that was that person is gone - it turns my stomach. Graveyards are for the living, not the dead.

Why is it that happiness remembered feels like despair?

The King smoothed the blanket on Thackeray's back. He opened his mouth, and shut it. Then he opened it again, and after a moment, said, "You used to call me Papa, do you remember that?" The question took Azalea back. "No," she said.

One last dance, my lady, before I am never to see you again?

living or dead, it's always people that haunt the living!" Mae said

Will you marry me now? Or will you at least think about it? I'll march soon enough, now that Virginia has seceded, I know that. We'll be going off to whip those boys in blue. Let me carry the memory of your love into battle with me!

Well, I have come back, angel. And I'm very anxious to pick up right where I left off. Let's see, where was that? Your bedroom, I believe. Ah, that's right. Your bed. And let's see, just how were we situated?

The past is reduced to a slide show. The future is a YouTube video that won't load.