“Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle”

“The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.”

“The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.”

“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”

“When we participate actively in our lives and open our senses to all the stimuli around us, we build memories that can be retrieved and enjoyed the rest of our lives.”

“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”

“[T]hat our prosperity may never forget God's mercies shown to us, but always keep them in grateful memory.”

“Who are we without our memories?”

“How do we overcome our grief, pain, and our fears of our memory of abuse that traps us in time?... The way to do it is to give it up; do not identify with it. Ask yourself: “Am I this memory?” Obviously you are not. While you identify with your memory and pain, your grief, with the abuse that is trapping you.”

“In this painting of our life given to us by our memories, everything is moving and depends on our point of view.”