“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.”

“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“I memorized it word for word after having heard it but once. Yet, despite my retentive memory, I found it impossible to recite when I went back into the classroom.”

Richard Wright book Black Boy

“Blackjack does possess a memory (the interdependence of the cards) and a conscience (inferior play will inevitably be penalized) and is not democratic (the mental agility and retentiveness of the player are significant factors).”

Richard Arnold Epstein (1927) American physicist

“I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

“I am made of memories.”

Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles

“Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.”

Christopher Hitchens book Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

“The good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense—which sense I propose to develop in myself and in others whenever I have the chance ("Good Readers and Good Writers", p. 3).”

Vladimir Nabokov book Lectures on Literature

“And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone.”

Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith

“People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood