Quotes About Forgetfulness

For a few minutes, they all forgot. There was no more yelling or calling out, but they could not contain the small snaches of laughter. They were only humans, playing in the snow, in a house.

On quite a few occasions Liesel forgot about her mother and any other problem of which she currently held ownership.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present. America owes a debt of justice which it has only begun to pay. If it loses the will to finish or slackens in its determination, history will recall its crimes and the country that would be great will lack the most indispensable element of greatness—justice.

A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present.

It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

That you should write down valuable ideas that occur to you as soon as possible goes without saying: we sometimes forget even what we have done, so how much more what we have thought.

but I so often forget what I know! QUARANTINE

He wrote Véra sheepishly: "Something has happened (only don't be angry). I can't remember (for God's sake, don't be angry!) I can't remember (promise that you won't be angry), I can't remember your telephone number." He knew it had a seven in it, but the rest had entirely escaped him.

I would tell you about the rest of the night, but i honestly dont remember much about it. It's all a very sad daze.

I would tell you about the rest of the night, but I honestly don't remember much about it. It's all a very sad daze.

He was the sort of man who demanded results yesterday but then forgot to ask for them tomorrow.

Another part of getting older: you forgot what you wanted to remember, and remembered what you wanted to forget.

Corey Bryant sank into a great forgetful river, and that river was time, and its waters were red.

The loss of memory isn't always the problem; sometimes--maybe even often--it's the solution.

There's an old joke about Alzheimer's: the good news is that you meet new people every day.

Are you still forgetting things? I don't know, I can't remember, I said.

It was as if the body disdained memory... or refused the responsibility of it.

I make a rule never to remember anything before last week. It makes life more interesting

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

It's been so long since I made love, I can't even remember who gets tied up.

They called each other "baby" so often that I occasionally wondered if they had forgotten each other's names.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to me but had forgotten what it was.

acts like a kind of reset button: it makes people forget themselves and their petty concerns.