“I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show for it. No treasure house of collection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?” IfsShowsLife IsHouseMemoriesWealthBehindsImagineHappenedTreasureCollectionsAccumulationOur Memories Author:S.J. Watson
“We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.” IfsThinkingBelieveEnoughFactsRememberMemoriesHappenedEventsFitEasierVersionsRewritingRewriting History Author:S.J. Watson