“Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.”

“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.”

Leslie Marmon Silko (1948) American writer

“There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.”

Mario Puzo The Godfather

“What if you were really meant to be with someone? But you kept messing about and having the Horn and so on and you lost them.”

Louise Rennison (1951–2016) British writer

“If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go?”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goody
You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody”

Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional

“He looks at you like you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony is, you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out. You're a pathetic mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

“I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.”

Elizabeth Gilbert (1969) American writer

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet