“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
“I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.” IfsWantI Want YouWant HimI Want You To Be Happy Author:S.J. Watson
“What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?” IfsMomentsMemoriesAccumulationOur Memories Book:Before I Go To Sleep Source: Before I Go To Sleep
“Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in a shower of sparks before spinning off into its own distance.” IfsMindIdeasMovingGrowsMemoriesSpaceRaceToo MuchDistanceSparksShowersSpinningCollide Book:Before I Go To Sleep Source: Before I Go To Sleep
“I closed my eyes and he kissed my eyelids, barely brushing them with his lips. I felt safe, at home. I felt as if here, against his body, was the only place in which I belonged. The only place I had ever wanted to be. We lay in silence for a while, holding each other, our skin merging, our breathing synchronized. I felt as if silence might allow the moment to last for ever, which would still not be enough.” IfsStillsEnoughMomentsHomeBodyMightEyeWantedLastsFeltSilenceSafeSkinsLaysLipsBreathingEyelidsBrushingMerging Author:S.J. Watson
