Quotes About Recollection

Sometimes I think we only recollect what we have remembered before. What we recall is having recalled something already, so our strongest and truest memories come from a chain of often recalled things, and in that chain, over the years, events get adjusted and sorted around and stretched to fit the way we see things along the way.

Got your eye full?" asked Sara aggressively as he looked at her, repeating the first words she had ever said to him. "Yes, I have," he said smiling.

El sentimiento de déjà vu se atribuye a menudo a un suceso de una vida pasada, pero muchas sensaciones de déjà vu son, en realidad, recuerdos de planes prenatales.

A young gratuitous smile; trust and distrust; Promiscuities of bed and board and road; The one assured treasure A life, in recollection, truly possessed.

me dije que quizás la guerra principal en el mundo se libraba entre la amnesia y la memoria

dizzied, thrilled, depressed by remembering...

Ay, Ulises Lima... Escribía todo el tiempo, es lo que mas recuerdo de el, en los márgenes de los libros que sustraía y en papeles sueltos que solía perder. y nunca escribía poemas, escribía versos que luego, con suerte, ensamblaba en largos poemas extraños... Belano, por el contrario, escribía en cuadernos... Todavía me deben dinero...

A veces me acuerdo de Laura Damián. No mucho, unas cuatro o cinco veces por día.

Yo no puedo olvidar nada. Dicen que ése es mi problema.

The problem is not that we forget the past. It is that we recall it too well. Children recall wrongs that enemies did to their grandfathers, and blame the granddaughters of the old enemies.

Nothing's forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten.

Me parece que esto es lo que busca la memoria: no en sí la permanencia, sino una relevancia permanente.

If you can't remember something, did it really happen?

Lou had a memory like an elephant; it took a lot to cause her to hold a grudge, but once she achieved it, it was even harder for her to let go.

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

That night. It was buried so deep. A blessed amnesia can set in after trauma. You move away from the event and it takes on dreamlike qualities. It recedes from the day-to-day. But it's not gone, just submerged. When it surfaces, it brings up powerful emotions. Rage. Terror. Sadness like a well with no bottom.

Memories are forever.

It's just that...without the memories, it's all meaningless.

There are so many good memories, The Giver reminded Jonas. And it was true.

I certainly liked the memory, though. I can see why it's your favorite. Love Love Trust the memories and how they make you feel.

my job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past.

Memories are forever~ The Giver

Sunkiausias dalykas Atminties Saugotojui yra ne skausmas. Sunkiausia, kad saugai prisiminimus vienas. Jais reikia dalintis.

Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.