Quotes: Memory

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

Fortunately, I’ve also been an electrician, and that’s a happy memory for me.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.