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Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

“I don't speak of vengeance, nor of forgiving; forgetting is the only revenge and the only forgiveness”

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Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and literary critic. His works are known for their unique fantasy and philosophical thinking, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

“We forget what we say much more than what we hear, what we write much more than what we read, what we send much more than what we receive, that is why we barely count the insults we hand out to others, unlike those dealt out to us, which is why almost everyone harbors some grudge against someone.”

Hearing Forgetting Grudge Speaking

Book:Fever and Spear

Source: Fever and Spear

“How I wish I could leave or forget all my dead.”

Death Loss Grief Mourning Dead Remembrance Forgetting

Book:Book of Hours: Poems

Source: Book of Hours: Poems

“Two missed calls and you think your father is dead again. The conversation is rushed. Nuances of your new life are pushed into a speaker. They meet alien ears. At home; you are an old stranger. Away; you are a new one. All you have of your family is in a phone. And it is why you can never lose it.”

Fear Family Distance Immigration Forgetting

Author:Ezinne Orjiako, Nkem.

“I won't be seeing you again," he said. "It's just as well. I've told you too much to want to see you again." I wasn't so sure of that. It seemed possible that he would want to see me later on for that very reason. I alone, he believed, possessed an unfalsified image of his life. But that could make him hate me; perhaps he would feel that I had taken his wife from him, this time irrevocably—if he really believed that his own memory deceived him and only mine remained clear.”

Memory Storytelling Farewell Forgetting Remembering Goodbyes Sharing Life Sharing Secrets

Book:The Night in Lisbon

Source: The Night in Lisbon

“The fear of forgetting anything precious can trigger in us the wish to raise a structure, like a paperweight to hold down our memories.”

Fear Forgetting Remembering Precious Moments Structures Paperweight

Book:The Architecture of Happiness

Source: The Architecture of Happiness

“For those of you who are still going through the process of identifying and daily examining your parents, you must not forget the blessings that they are still alive and living together with you.”

Love Quotes Examination Forgetting Blessings Quotes Mwanandeke Kindembo Identify Parents Quotes Alive Quotes Togetherness Quotes Proccessing

Book:Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism

Source: Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism

“The tide had begun to ebb. Margaret leant over the parapet and watched it sadly. Mr. Wilcox had forgotten his wife, Helen her lover; she herself was probably forgetting. Every one moving. Is it worth while attempting the past when there is this continual flux even in the hearts of men?”

Forgetting Insincerity Disloyalty Tides Of Time Changing Hearts Of Men Flow Of Humanity

Book:Howards End

Source: Howards End

“Iraq has been forgotten. Even worse, or perhaps precisely because of this forgetting, many new Iraqs have been destroyed and added to the imperial list of oppression and domination since 2003. But, how can Iraq be forgotten? Isn’t forgetting it precisely the reason why many other Iraqs are being created around us without having enough people take notice? Are there still some naïve people out there who believe that what happened there will not happen here, albeit in a different shape or form? Are there any naïve people who believe that humanity can go on surviving with this brutal war machine? Are there still naïve people who divide our planet into 'here' and 'there'?”

War Iraq Propaganda Middle East Forgetting Iraq War Remembering Decolonization Middle East Conflict

Author:Louis Yako

“Under this pine tree I let you down and you let me down. Under this tree, you betrayed me and I betrayed you. Right here, I forgot you and you forgot me. Under this pine that they call 'evergreen' we both discovered that nothing lasts forever.”

Love Inspirational Wisdom Separation Trees Forgetting Remembering Pine Trees

Book:أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]

Source: أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]

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