Quotes About Memories

Nyla was right in predicting that, for me, life would go on into old age and my promise has been kept too, for every now and then over the years, the ghosts have slipped out from the past and I have kept brief company with my friends of long ago.

Why, when the world gets to understand about it I expect that two men or two women, or a man and a woman, will come in here, and say to me, 'We have quarrelled and outraged each other, we have injured our friend, our wife, our husband; we regret, we would forgive, but we cannot, because we remember. Put between us the atonement of forgetfulness, that we may love each other as of old.

Those visionary strains, ever struggling to translate into wild and broken sounds the language of unearthly beings, breathed around her from her birth. Thus you might have said that her whole mind was full of music; associations, memories, sensations of pleasure or pain,—all were mixed up inexplicably with those sounds that now delighted and now terrified; that greeted her when her eyes opened to the sun, and woke her trembling on her lonely couch in the darkness of the night.

Today I found an old friend. –Ed Burns via Purple Violets

Today I found an old friend.

What is a life? That is what we were left with: stories. They were our clothes.

Some things are missing from the world and they will never be replaced.

Nothing compares to the pain of a belly ache from laughing too hard with your best friend.

Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories, and love.

Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things.

Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu, adieu, adieu,I can no longer stay with you.I'll hang my harp on a weeping willow-tree,And may the world go well with thee.

Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I'll miss you Until we meet again!

There's a shadow hanging over me,Oh yesterday came suddenly.

So many pictures, so little time!

A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.

Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn,I never was so happy since the hour I was born.

We all dream of being a child again, even the worst of us. Perhaps the worst most of all.

If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again.

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.

Scrapbooking fills my days - not to mention my living room, bedroom and closets!

An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.

When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch.

The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends.