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“I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.”
“Sometimes a perfect memory can be ruined if put to words.”
“Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you dont there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, li...”
“Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.”
“Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.”
“Were so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think ab...”
“You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized.”
“When it comes to memories, the good and the bad never balance.”
“Their memory was something tangible and heavy, and I would carry it with me.”
“Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”
“What you remember saves you.”
“Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.”
“There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, however chance, written in the heart in the hope that ...”
“The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you”
“There were some memories, though, that never faded.”
“Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always.”
“Too many years fighting back tears. Why can't the past just die? Wishing you were somehow here again, knowing we must say goodbye. Try to forgive, teach me to live, give me the strength to try! No ...”
“There are memories I am better off without. Things better lost forever.”
“From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is perman...”
“...I stir in bed and the memories rise out of me like a buzz of flies from a carcass. I crave to be rid of them...”
