“One forgets
that one is one.
I must try
to
remember this.”
Mark Z. Danielewski book House of Leaves
Source: House of Leaves
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This quotation has also been misattributed to Confucius.
Tell me and I [will] forget. Show me and I [will] remember. Involve me and I [will] understand.
不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣
From Xun Zi 荀子
Misattributed
“I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget.”
Jodi Picoult book The Storyteller
Source: The Storyteller
“I try not to remember the life that I didn’t want to lose but lost and have to remember”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Dido and Aeneas (opera; music by Henry Purcell)
