“Memory believes before knowing remembers.”

“The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.”

“Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.”

“they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and I keep on remembering mine”

“You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive.”

“Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is remembering that evidence and holding to it against all that seems to challenge or contradict it.”

“Memory is identity…. You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death.”

“Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.”

“All that we can remember is almost nothing. Memory is greater than we are, but memory is living and mortal as well.”

“There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.”