“Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.”

“Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.
You forget some things, dont you?
Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”

Cormac McCarthy book The Road

“You have to remember how the islands move. If you forget that, you're lost.”

Mau Piailug (1932–2010) Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal and a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wa…

“I understand that you are claiming it is almost impossible to forgive, but only easier to forget. The truth is that, you can only forgive that which you have forced your mind to forget. We must forget first, then forgiveness will come by itself.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“You forget your victories, but you remember the losses.”

Ann Brashares book My Name is Memory

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”

Vandana Shiva (1952) Indian philosopher

“You know that the things you put it your head stay there, right?'
'Yeah. But you remember some things, don't you?'
'Yeah. You remember the things you want to forget and forget the things you want to remember.”

Cormac McCarthy book The Road

“It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it; you were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember; you try to move your feet.”

Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”

Cormac McCarthy book The Road