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“Things that give you heart are rare enough, better note them in your head when you find them and not forget.”

Book:Days Without End

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Days Without End

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Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry is an Irish playwright known for his profound literary style and unique perspective on history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature. more

“The important thing for the remembering author is not what he experienced, but the weaving of his memory, the Penelope work of recollection. Or should one call it, rather, the Penelope work of forgetting? ... And is not his work of spontaneous recollection, in which remembrance is the woof and forgetting the warp, a counterpart to Penelope's work rather than its likeness? For here the day unravels what the night has woven. When we awake each morning, we hold in our hands, usually weakly and loosely, but a few fringes of the tapestry of a lived life, as loomed for us by forgetting. However, with our purposeful activity and, even more, our purposive remembering each day unravels the web and the ornaments of forgetting.”

Memory Forgetting

Book:Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Source: Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

“Let's not let this be your life tonight," he says. "Let's get back in the car and pretend we're driving away because we want to... not because we need to. We can pretend I'm taking you somewhere amazing... somewhere you've always wanted to go. You can snuggle up to me and we can talk about how excited we are and we'll talk about everything we'll do when we get there. We can talk about the important stuff later. But tonight... let's not let this be your life.”

Love Couple Enjoy Life Forgetting Forgetting The Past

Book:Hopeless

Source: Hopeless

“Si quieres olvidarme date prisa, no me consuela tu amistad, tu duda...”

Love Forgetting Sabina Joaquin

Author:Joaquin Sabina

“So one can lose a good idea by not writing it down, yet by losing it one can have it: it nourishes other asides it knows nothing of, would not recognize itself in, yet when the negotiations are terminated, speaks in the acts of that progenitor, and does recognize itself, is grateful for not having done so earlier.”

Memory Thought Forgetting

Book:Flow Chart

Source: Flow Chart

“The Palestinians try hard to forget when they should remember. The Israelis try hard to remember when they should forget. The Palestinians refuse to be victims. The Israelis make sure that they remain the only victims.”

Israel Palestine Forgetting Remembering

Book:Golda Slept Here

Source: Golda Slept Here

“For there are no limits to the stars; their numbers are infinite. Which is precisely why I measure my love for you by them. An amount too boundless to count.”

Romance

Book:Hunting Prince Dracula

Source: Hunting Prince Dracula

“We deliberately forget because forgetting is a blessing. On both an emotional level and a spiritual level, forgetting is a natural part of the human experience and a natural function of the human brain. It is a feature, not a bug, one that saves us from being owned by our memories. Can a world that never forgets be a world that truly forgives?”

Forgiveness Forgetting

Book:The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion

Source: The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion

“The only things we never forget are the ones we never possessed.”

Love Forget Forgetting Letting Go Quotes Letting Go Of The Past Forgetting The Past Forgetting Someone

Author:Laura Chouette

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