Sometimes memory is the only gift we give ourselves and the only hope we have of finding our way home.
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in the universe seemed miraculous.
We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be an affront, and perhaps any memory, as well.
As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
Some memories are meant for not to be said, either they are too Scary to tell, or we love them that much, that we can’t explain those in oral words
Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.
A fragrance that matches the personality of the man or woman who wears it is an integral part of the memory that you have of him or her. It goes without saying that it's a formidable weapon of seduction.
Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of the poem is to enable us to remember some information.
To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me carry.
As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.
For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.
I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that it doesn't do enough.
...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else but its memory.
They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.
Sweet memories of youth. Swimming down at the swimming hole. Going fishing down at the fishing hole. Having sex down at the sex hole.
