“Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: On the Jellicoe Road
“Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.”
Haruki Murakami book After Dark
After Dark
Context: People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far the maintenance of life is concerned. They are all just fuel. Advertising filler in the news paper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills; when you feed them to fire, they are just paper. The fire isn't thinking 'oh This is Kant' or 'Oh This is Yomuri evening edition' or 'Nice tits', while it burns. To the fire, they are nothing but scraps of paper. It is the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories : there is no distinction — they are all just fuel
“Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Bookends
Song lyrics, Bookends (1968)
“I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.”
Yann Martel book Life of Pi
Source: Life of Pi
“A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.”
Edward de Bono (1933) Maltese physician
Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.”
Azar Nafisi book Reading Lolita in Tehran
Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran
“Where Washington hath left
His awful memory
A light for after times!”
Robert Southey (1774–1843) British poet
Ode written during the War with America (1814).
“And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be.”
Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones
Source: The Lovely Bones