„If you don't want to explode with rage, leave your memory alone, abstain from burrowing there.“

„Her memory's your love. You want no other.“

—  Henry James, book The Wings of the Dove

Source: The Wings of the Dove

„take one last look behind
commit this to memory and mind
don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
when you leave
keep your heart off your sleeve“

—  Natalie Merchant American singer-songwriter 1963

Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Motherland

„[…] your own are burning and your memories and you don't want to leave them. Everything will burn to the end, you suffer, but nobody is punishing you, they are just setting your soul free. Don't be afraid because while you fear death they will rend your soul like demons. Only calm down and you will see the angels who are setting you free and then you will be free.“

—  Dimitris Lyacos Greek writer 1966

Source: Poena Damni Z213: Exit, p. 88, Shoestring Press, 2010.

„If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.“

—  Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

„Thinking about one memory tends to activate other memories. …If you are trying to retrieve a particular memory, the flood of memories can cause competition… leaving you with a traffic jam of neural nodes… leaving you with nothing.“

—  Daniel Levitin, book The Organized Mind

The Organized Mind (2014)

„We must learn how to explode! Any disease is healthier than the one provoked by a hoarded rage.“

—  Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

„I will remember you;
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by;
Weep not for the memories.“

—  Sarah McLachlan Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter 1968

I Will Remember You, written by Sarah McLachlan, Séamus Egan and Dave Merenda
Song lyrics, The Brothers McMullen soundtrack (1995)

„Madness strips you of memory and leaves you scrabbling around on the floor of your brain for the snatches and snippets of what happened, what was said, and when.“

—  Marya Hornbacher American journalist 1974

Source: Madness: A Bipolar Life

„Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.“

—  Haruki Murakami, book Dance Dance Dance

Source: Dance Dance Dance

„And the plaster dented from your fist
in the hall where you had your first kiss
reminds you that the memories will fade.“

—  Chris Carrabba American musician 1975

The Brilliant Dance

„I am a raging alcoholic, but I don't want my kids to do the same.“

—  Ozzy Osbourne English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter 1948

The Osbournes television show.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ozzy-osbourne-maddest-moments-10-1837387

„It’s the journey of digging deep into yourself and the things you discover if you only dare to dig deep into your memories, your relationship, and your thoughts. It’s been such an incredible journey, but thank goodness I was not alone in it. So many people feeding me, listening to me, editing, hosting me—so it’s not been alone.“

—  Clemantine Wamariya Rwandan-American activist and author 1988

On her book The Girl Who Smiled Beads in “A Conversation with Clemantine Wamariya https://www.readitforward.com/author-interview/clemantine-wamariya/” in Read it Forward (2017)

„It's music rage, which is like road rage, only more righteous. When you get road rage, a tiny part of you knows you're being a jerk, but when you get music rage, you're carrying out the will of God, and God wants these people dead“

—  Nick Hornby English novelist 1957

„If you tell the truth, you don't have to have a good memory. If you lie, you're always tripping over your own tie.“

—  Judith Sheindlin American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author 1942

http://www.youtube.com/user/JJMinisodes#p/u/7/hpLSM73I6ZM ("If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything" - Mark Twain)
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Dress, stand, speak properly

„Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.“

—  Thomas Beecham British conductor and impresario 1879 - 1961

[Beecham admitted to Neville Cardus that he had made this up on the spur of the moment to satisfy an importunate journalist; he acknowledged that it was an oversimplification. (Neville Cardus: 'Sir Thomas Beecham, A Memoir', 1961)]

„Love your rage, not your cage.“

—  Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

„Memory is the happiness of being alone.“

—  Lois Lowry, book Anastasia Krupnik

Source: Anastasia Krupnik

„When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.“

—  Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling

Source: Fledgling

„Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces.“

—  Richard Kadrey San Francisco-based novelist, freelance writer, and photographer 1957

Source: Kill the Dead