“Childhood is less clear to me than to many people: when it ended I turned my face away from it for no reason that I know about, certainly without the usual reason of unhappy memories. For many years that worried me, but then I discovered that the tales of former children are seldom to be trusted. Some people supply too many past victories or pleasures with which to comfort themselves, and other people cling to pains, real and imagined, to excuse what they have become.” PeopleKnowsYearsChildrenRealReasonPainPastFacesMemoriesPleasureClearChildhoodVictoryComfortExcuseUnhappyTalesFormerWorriedNo ReasonUsualTrustedHappy Memories Author:Lillian Hellman
“Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.” KnowsTryingMemoriesKnow HowTaxesWindowFormerZombieSwarmsUndeadNo MemoryFormer Life Author:Max Brooks
“Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.” HumansMemoriesKindnessHuman NatureDeeperFormerInsultLatterRemembrancePassing AwayTreasured Author:Seneca the Younger
“If memory serves me correctly, and it doesn't always, Kate [DiCamillo] and I met in the fall of 2001 at the former Figlio's restaurant in Minneapolis. We were laughing within a minute of meeting - always a good sign.” IfsFallMemoriesLaughingMinutesMetsMeetingsFormerRestaurantsKateMinneapolis Author:Kate DiCamillo