“But forgetting's not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn't happen to me”
John Fowles book The Collector
Variant: Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me.
Source: The Collector
“But forgetting's not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn't happen to me”
John Fowles book The Collector
Variant: Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me.
Source: The Collector
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Preface
1850s, For Self-Examination (1851)
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Ruth Levinson, Chapter 28 Ira, p. 328-329
2009, The Longest Ride (2013)
“Teach it me, if you can,—forgetfulness!
I surely shall forget, if you can bid me;”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Love’s Last Lesson
The Golden Violet (1827)
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Guide for Those Wishing to Marry (1885)
“There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
“Live to your rebirth and do what you will
(Oh by jingo)
Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill.”
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger
After All
Song lyrics, The Man Who Sold the World (1970)