“One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."” ThinkingMenMomentsRoomsOne DaySittingForgottenHotelHotel Rooms Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget things . . . until they had spilled, broken, and forgotten everything they could, and thus made room in their lives for a little wisdom.” LittlesMadeWholeGirlHouseForgetRoomsBreakDutyBrokenForgottenSpillsMaidens Book:The Mists of Avalon Source: The Mists of Avalon
“We've forgotten what it's like not to be able to reach the light switch. We've forgotten a lot of the monsters that seemed to livein our room at night. Nevertheless, those memories are still there, somewhere inside us, and can sometimes be brought to the surface by events, sights, sounds, or smells. Children, though, can never have grown-up feelings until they've been allowed to do the growing.” ChildrenStillsSometimesFeelingsLightAbleNightSoundMemoriesRoomsGrowingEventsSightForgottenSmellSurfaceMonstersNevertheless Author:Fred Rogers