485 quotes found
“I've learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it.”
“Those static images have the uncanny ability to jar the memory and bring places and people back to life. They bridge the present with the past and validate as real what the passage of time has turn...”
“I had no eyelashes left. So when I cried, the tears rolled down, unabated to my mouth. My saliva tasted those days, like a salt lake. Or so he said.'('Left from Dhakeshwari')”
“In theory momentos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here. How inadequately I appreciated the moment when i...”
“Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.”
