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Quotes About Recollection

Men's memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not
~ Cormac McCarthy
And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of [the strangers'] smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had the power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.
~ Cormac McCarthy
You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Pami?taj, ?e to, co wpuszczasz do g?owy, pozostaje w niej na zawsze.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Pensó que cada recuerdo evocado debe violentar en alguna medida sus orígenes. Como en un juego. El juego del teléfono. Más vale ser parco. Lo que uno altera mediante el recuerdo tiene sin embargo una realidad, sea o no conocida.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Kafana koyduÄŸun ÅŸeylerin sonsuza kadar orada kald???n? hat?rla, yeter, dedi. Bunu düÅŸünmek isteyebilirsin. Baz? ÅŸeyleri unutursun ama, deÄŸil mi? Evet. Hat?rlamak istediÄŸini unutursun ve unutmak istediÄŸini de hat?rlars?n.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
~ Cormac McCarthy
remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Just remember that the things you put in your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, don't you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Zapomeneš, co si chceš pamatovat a pamatuješ si, co chceš zapomenout.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Man glömmer det man vill minnas och man minns det man vill glömma.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Esquecemo-nos de algumas coisas, não é? Sim. Esquecemo-nos do que queríamos recordar e recordamos o que queríamos esquecer.
~ Cormac McCarthy
You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget
~ Cormac McCarthy
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, don't you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Life is a memory, then it is nothing. All law is writ in a seed.
~ Cormac McCarthy
And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of those smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.
~ Cormac McCarthy
It's easier to remember two things than one. It's why it's easier to remember the words of a song than the words of a poem. For instance. The music is an armature upon which you assemble the words.
~ Cormac McCarthy
If you take a book with you on a journey,' Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, 'an odd thing happens: the book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it.
~ Cornelia Funke
Das Buch wird anfangen, deine Erinnerungen zu sammeln. Du wirst es spaeter nur aufschlagen muessen und schon wirst du wieder dort sein, wo du zuerst darin gelesen hast. An nichts haften Erinnerungen so gut wie an bedruckten Seiten.
~ Cornelia Funke
Quando ti porti dietro un libro» le aveva rivelato Mo quando Meggie ci aveva messo dentro il primo «avviene qualcosa di straordinario: le sue pagine raccoglieranno i tuoi ricordi. E un giorno ti basterà risfogliarle per tornare con il pensiero al luogo dove le hai lette per la prima volta: le immagini, gli odori, il gelato che ti eri gustata... Credimi, i libri sono un po' come la carta moschicida: a nient'altro i ricordi restano attaccati come alla carta stampata.»
~ Cornelia Funke
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards." Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
~ Cornelia Funke
He closed the window, and the scents of the past again flooded the room, like a bunch of wilted flowers.
~ Cornelia Funke
If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it …
~ Cornelia Funke
If you take a book with you on a journey, an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.
~ Cornelia Funke