“...I remembered the rose bush that had reached a thorny branch out through the ragged fence, and caught my dress, detaining me when I would have passed on. And again the symbolism of it all came over me. These memories and visions of the poor--they were the clutch of the thorns. Social workers have all felt it. It holds them to their work, because the thorns curve backward, and one cannot pull away.” SocialFeltMemoriesPoorCompassionVisionDressesRoseWorkersCaughtRememberedBranchesFenceCurvesSocial WorkThornsSymbolismSocial WorkerClutchRaggedRose BushDetaining Author:Albion Fellows Bacon
“Remembrance, like Rembrandt, is dark but festive. Remembered ones dress up for the occasion and sit still. Memory is a photo-studio de luxe on an infinite Fifth Power Avenue.” StillsMemoriesDarkInfiniteDressesStudiosOccasionsRememberedRemembranceFifthAvenuesFestive Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay forever burned in my sensory memory.” ThinkingCertainMemoriesForeverDressesBurnedSensoryCorsetsBridesmaids Author:Laura Moriarty
“Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and at that same point it is susceptible to new changes and adaptations. So, you know, if you remember from when you were, you know, in second grade and there was Christmas and you got a present from your grandfather and your mom was wearing a red dress, that may or may not all have happened.” IfsKnowsMayRememberMemoriesHappenedMomRedDressesGradesCopiesGrandfatherRecallsAdaptationYour MomSusceptible Author:Pete Docter
“For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought anything is possible.” RunningRememberMemoriesWhiteSawsRedDressesMatesPearlsAnything Is PossibleMinnesotaWalter Mondale Author:Amy Klobuchar