No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.
Memories of My Melancholy WhoresI would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.
Memories of My Melancholy WhoresOur nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.
Literature UnboundSome memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
My AntoniaBut I don't remember. I won't remember. Memory is an act of will, and so is forgetting.
Talking It OverHistory is the memory of States.
A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-1822We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.
Georges Duhamel