So live that your memories will be part of your happiness.
—Unknown
It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
In memory’s telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.
—John Updike (1932–2009) American Novelist, Poet, Short-Story Writer
It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
—Barbara Kingsolver (b.1955) American Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Memory feeds imagination.
—Amy Tan (b.1952) Chinese-American Novelist
In memory everything seems to happen to music.
—Tennessee Williams (1911–83) American Playwright
Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather (1873–1947) American Novelist, Writer
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
—Louis Dudek (1918–2001) Canadian Poet, Publisher
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
—Barbara Kingsolver (b.1955) American Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you can hardly catch it going.
—Tennessee Williams (1911–83) American Playwright
For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little.
—Rachel Carson (1907–64) American Naturalist, Science Writer
Women and elephants never forget.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgement.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is more beautiful, and a thousand times more true.
—George D. Prentice (1802–70) American Journalist, Editor
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
—Salvador Dali (1904–89) Spanish Painter
Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.
—Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) Italian-born French Poet, Playwright
The happiest memories are of moments that ended when they should have.
—Robert Brault
Memory itself is an internal rumour.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
We don’t remember days; we remember moments.
—Cesare Pavese (1908–50) Italian Novelist, Poet, Critic, Translator
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