“Memory is more indelible than ink.”

“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

“The past is more than a memory.”

John Trudell (1946–2015) Native American rights activist, musician, poet

“Memories mean more to me than dresses.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

“Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.”

H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author

“Nothing improves the memory more than trying to forget.”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

“Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books”

Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

“Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.”

Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French