I would have no need for the Memory Of Things past if those which were Present were more agreeable

Aristotle was convinced that a trained memory helped the development of logical thought processes.

All loss is one, and one loss becomes all, a single death is the key to the gate that bars memory.

The memory of the dead is indeed a good remorse. (Le souvenir des morts - Est bien un bon remords)

But sometimes the memories feel so real, so visceral, so personal, that I confuse them with my own.

Was this their exact exchange? Almost certainly not. Still, it is my best memory of their exchange.

I have a memory like a baseball glove, so please, don’t toss me a basketball-sized rumination.

To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you.

I cannot remember you when the rain flows down -I cannot remember youandmy heart begins to drown ...

The past informs the present. Memory makes the map we carry, no matter how hard we try to erase it.

How unfortunate is the guy who does not live in the extravagant memory of an infatuated young woman.

I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.

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

When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.