Quotes About Memory

he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.

Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ëI never saw you.í

For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.