Quotes About Recollection

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

How memory accordions time and places disparate moments next to one another like photographic slides on a tray!

We reshape the story even when we believe we are simply repeating it.

But you can't erase a thought; once you've had it, it's there to stay.

When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.

What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.

Good laughs melt out of memory pretty quickly.

I think that when memoir goes wrong, it goes wrong from too much memory, too much detail. It's about clearing all that away and just getting to the story.

As I have begun to write my memoirs, I have begun with my childhood; memories which were hidden, suddenly appear before you, finding expression through my writing.

I have great memories.

My memories of events and games are fragmented.

'The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to keep hold of memories. My one-sentence journal, for instance.

The journey to Burma is etched in my brain, full of all sorts of intense memories.

People ask me if I am going to write my memoirs. But even if I wanted to, I would not be able. I have extremely few memories.

It's just comical how short-term people's memories are.

I have good memories of Bangalore.

I used to memorize music when I was real young. Schoolwork, not so much. But music I could remember.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.

I don't write diaries and things like that, but I have a fantastic memory. I call that like a magic carpet. I can really concentrate and travel back in the past I don't know how many years from now and evoke that space if I wanted.