Memory Quotes

f a North Korean university professor is suspected of insufficient enthusiasm for the system, they will be gone without a trace very quickly. Even the memory of the unlucky victim would likely disappear, since such topics are best not discussed in North Korea.

Andrei Lankov
- Memory
- Victim
- Discussed
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.

George Eliot

My greatest inspiration is memory.

Paul Theroux
- Memory
Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.

Adrian Forty
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.

Edgar Allan Poe
- Memory
- Recall
- Endeavors
It's easy to write one's memoirs when one has a terrible memory.

Arthur Schnitzler
- Memory
- Terrible
- Memoirs
The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone in the quiet patio looking for some old untried illusion - some shadow on the whiteness of the wall some memory asleep on the stone rim of the fountain, perhaps in the air the light swish of some trailing gown.

Antonio Machado
- Light
- Alone
- Air
I've been thinking lately about immortality. What it means to be remembered, what I want to be remembered for, certain questions concerning memory and fame. I love watching old movies. I watch the faces of long-dead actors on the screen, and I think about how they'll never truly die. I know that's a cliché but it happens to be true. Not just the famous ones who everyone knows, the Clark Gables, the Ava Gardners, but the bit players, the maid carrying the tray, the butler, the cowboys in the bar, the third girl from the left in the nightclub. They're all immortal to me. First we only want to be seen, but once we're seen, that's not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.

Emily St. John Mandel
- Movies
- Actors
- Players