Quotes About Recollection

the thing that had grown in me that I'd remember

This image was fixed in my mind, like one of the memories from her childhood that I'd made her explain so intricately that I remembered it as if it were mine.

I think the brain has a special box where it keeps crappy memories. It stays shut, but everytime a new entry has to be added, it opens and you can look at what is inside.

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big

E qualquer coisa que eu recorde agora, vai doer. A memória é uma vasta ferida.

Whenever I think about the past, it just brings back so many memories.

Pisces — remembers things that happened 25 years ago, forgets things that happened 5 seconds ago

What we remember from childhood we remember forever — permanent ghosts, stamped, imprinted, eternally seen.

Some Passages from a Journal That Was Never Kept

I gave way to a wave of home-sickness that almost shames me now when I recollect it. I find it impossible in cold blood, and at this distance, to put into words the longing that shook me. I have forgotten the pain in the neck, but never will I forget the pain in my heart.

He sat down in a corner and ordered half a pound of dumplings, which came in a white bowl with a blue rim. While he was eating, his memory was further revived and sharpened by the familiar taste of the stuffing, made of pork, leeks, cabbage, dried shrimp, ginger, sesame oil. Every bit of the memory became unmistakable now.

people need to be reminded as much as they need to be informed.

Forgetfulness generates the meaning of regeneration.

this man sucked my nuts when I was a kiddo

Przecie? nie piszemy historii. Piszemy o pami?taniu.

Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Strange, what brings these past things so vividly back to us, sometimes!

You cannot possibly remember anything you do not observe; and it is extremely difficult to observe or remember anything that you do not want to remember, or that you are not interested in remembering.

Ordinarily, there'd be no way to picture a name like Bentavagnia (pronounced bent-a-vane-ya). But you can picture, say, a bent weather vane. And bent vane has to remind you of Bentavagnia! The Substitute Word system will work beautifully to help you remember names. Applying it will force you to listen to, pay attention to, concentrate on that name—to be Originally Aware of

Many times during your life you've heard or seen something that caused you to snap your fingers and say, "Oh, that reminds me.…" And, usually, the thing that reminded you of something had nothing to do with what it reminded you of. Somewhere back in your mind an absurd or random association had been made.

One of the fundamentals of a trained memory is what we call Original Awareness. Anything of which you are Originally Aware cannot be forgotten. And, applying our systems of association will force Original Awareness. Observation is essential to Original Awareness—anything you wish to remember must first be observed.

In het ene landschap was ik het vorige vergeten, zoals je op straat onafgebroken gezichten ziet, die je onafgebroken vergeet