“People without memory are putty.”

—  Naomi Klein

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "People without memory are putty." by Naomi Klein?
Naomi Klein photo
Naomi Klein 44
Canadian author and activist 1970

Related quotes

Isaac Leib Peretz photo

“A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.”

Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright

Vegn Geshichte, 1890. Alle Verk, xii. 35.

“Who are we without our memories?”

Marta Acosta American novelist

Source: Dark Companion

Lois Lowry photo

“It's just that… without the memories it's all meaningless.”

Lois Lowry book The Giver

Source: The Giver

Nâzım Hikmet photo

“At eighteen you sleep without memories.”

Nâzım Hikmet (1902–1963) Turkish poet

From Human Landscapes from My Country, Book Two, Section VII

Nicholas Sparks photo

“What are we, after all, without our memories … without our dreams?”

Nicholas Sparks book The Wedding

Variant: What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?
Source: The Wedding

Gabriel García Márquez photo

“I want the same one, the way she always is, without failures, without fights, without bad memories.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
Howard Zinn photo

“The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.”

Howard Zinn book A People's History of the United States

Source: A People's History of the United States

Cassandra Clare photo

“Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

Related topics