“Exactly because the past is forgotten, it rules unchallenged; to be transcended it must first be remembered.”

“We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.”

“I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.”

“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.”

“We frequently fall into error and folly, Dr. Johnson tells us, “not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered.” To compress, therefore, the great and obvious rules of life into brief sentences which are not easily forgotten is, as he said, to confer a real benefit upon us.”

“Sometimes I wonder if our memories are as good as we think they are and if the whole past wasn’t once entirely different from anything we remember, and we’ve forgotten that we forgot.”

“The memories of the first Independence Day may have faded, but the power of that magical moment must never be forgotten.”

“The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past.”

“Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.”

“When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable”