“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”

“Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”

John Boyne (1971) Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction

“Nothing improves the memory more than trying to forget.”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

“One of the biggest paradoxes of our world: memories vanish when we want to remember, but fix themselves permanently in the mind when we want to forget.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.”

Juan Rulfo (1917–1986) Mexican writer

“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

“Regrets and apologies are all very well, but there's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them. They're like brands.”

John Boyne (1971) Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction

“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.”

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic