Quotes About Memory

So how do you feel about it?" "I'm not upset, but my mom was crying and it's the first time I've ever seen her cry. Dad always wanted whiskey poured on his grave, so my brother said, 'I just hope he doesn't mind me filtering it through my bladder first.'" Mystery

Once again she had the disorientating feeling that her past was still happening, unfolding in a parallel stream right alongside her present.

a veces tener memoria es una buena cosa, porque ahí está la historia de tu vida y sin ella no habría nada, pero otras veces tu memoria guarda cosas que preferirías no volver a saber nunca y, por mucho que intentes quitártelas de la cabeza, siempre vuelven.

World, they have taken the small children like butterflies and thrown them, beating their wings, into the fire--

You remember the footprint All that is forgotten you remember from eternity You remember the footprint which filled with death As the myrmidon approached. You remember the child's trembling lips As they had to learn their farewell to their mother. You remember the mother's hands which scooped out a grave For the child which had starved at her breast. You remember the mindless words That a bride spoke into the air to her dead bridegroom.

The Woman Who Forgot Everything But in old age all drifts in blurred immensities. The little things fly off and up like bees. You forgot all the words and forgot the object too; And reached your enemy a hand where roses and nettles grew.

Meanwhile, I haven't had sex in so long I can't remember who brings the handcuffs.

Selective memory is part of the Corey Method of dealing with the bosses.

the past was so strong, it obscured the present.

Memories about the past are always about the present.

Me, Mia. Mama mia, Mia. Otis is rigor mortis.

Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

the cornmeal fritters were very good if you could forget about the maggots

Leave-takings are stupid things, and best forgotten about as quickly as possible.

Even into this quiet place the war had reached like the tentacle of an octopus and had touched this girl and brought about her death. Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it's all over.

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it's all over.

Sivilisaation ydin ovat tekstit, jotka sen kouluissa opetetaan, jotka sen oppilaat oppivat ja jotka muistetaan koettelemusten aikana.

Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Buried Giant.

I wrote this book because I had formed a strong impression that the people currently living were paying insufficient attention to the dead.

But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.

But in republics there is more vitality, more hatred, and more desire for revenge. The memory of former freedom simply will not leave the people in peace.

Os homens se esquecem com maior rapidez da morte de um pai que da perda de um patrimônio.

Ludzie pr?dzej puszczaj? w niepami?? ?mier? ojca ni? strat? ojcowizny

But in republics there is more vitality, greater hatred, and more desire for vengeance, which will never permit them to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest; so that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside there.