“Recall of memory is a creative process. What the brain stores is… only a core memory. Upon recall, this memory is then elaborated upon and reconstructed, with subtractions, additions, elaborations, and distortions.”

“Today, I give it, all to you,
On this day we recall the memories,
Of what we're goin' through”

“Oh! what is memory but a gift
Within a ruin'd temple left,
Recalling what its beauties were,
And then presenting what they are.”

“Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their blinding clarity and painful sharpness?”

“There's a place
between desire and memory, some back porch
we can neither wish nor recall”

“When comparing human memory and computer memory it is clear that the human version has two distinct disadvantages. Firstly, as indeed I have experienced myself, due to aging, human memory can exhibit very poor short term recall.”

“By virtue of depression, we recall those misdeeds we buried in the depths of our memory. Depression exhumes our shames.”

“For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it's a pity we use it so little.”

“The term "cognition" refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. It is concerned with these processes even when they operate in the absence of relevant stimulation, as in images and hallucinations. Such terms as sensation. perception. imagery. retention. recall. problem-solving. and thinking. among others. refer to hypothetical stages or aspects of cognition.”

“The conscience has a long memory as does the person you inflicted pain upon to create the memory in the first place.”