“But what humans forget, cells remember. The body, that elephant”

“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“Women and elephants never forget.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

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

Cormac McCarthy book The Road

“You forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.”

Henning Mankell book The Troubled Man

“There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

“Women and elephants never forget an injury.”

Saki (1870–1916) British writer

“Our task is not so much discovery as re-discovery. What one needs is not so much thinking as remembering. Sometimes it suffices to sit quietly and listen well, when venerable men have thought before us. Constant forgettings of truths once perceived are the very charm of the human mind; the history of human thought is nothing more than the story of these forgettings and rememberings and forgettings again.”

Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese writer

“Forget whatever should be forgotten, so that you can remember what should be remembered.”

Bing Xin (1900–1999) Chinese writer

“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