Memories Quotes

Yes, books are our collective memory. Just a shame it's so boring. It's only exciting once you're mirrored in the text.

Nothing makes the past a sweeter place to visit than the prospect of imminent death.

Copy quote

— But what about us?
— We'll always have Paris.

"You're saving cocoons." That's what he'd say. "Corsets, in a way, you can never fit again. So why save them? You can't really prove you were ever young. Pictures? No, they lie. You're not the picture."
"Affidavits?"
"No, my dear, you're not the dates, or the ink, or the paper. You're not these trunks of junk and dust. You're only you, here, now— the present you."

— Dennis, you left her at the altar... when she was pregnant.
— But that was ages ago.
— Well, women remember that stuff.

I'm not afraid of dying, Liv. I'm afraid of remembering.

The memories ease the pain inside,
Now I know why.

All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments imagine you here.
All of my memories keep you near.
Your silent whispers, silent tears

Once you remember, you will never forget.

Copy quote

The Shadow Effect

tagline

Once you remember, it becomes harder to forget again.

Copy quote

Starry Sky

Memory

And the Mommy says how the girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked, a document of this exact moment, the last moment they would be together.

Dead memories in my heart.

I'm never gonna grow old. I want experiences, not memories.

Copy quote

Douglas Coupland

All Families Are Psychotic

Wade

Worry

Aging

I think that every one, no matter how many troubles he may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon.

I hate this town. It’s too filled with memories I’d rather forget. I go to school every day, hang out with my friends, and then go home. There’s no place I’d rather not go ever again. I wonder if anything will ever change? Will that day ever come?

I should like to bury something precious, in every place I've been happy. And then when I was old, and ugly and miserable, I could come back, and dig it up, and remember.

I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.