English writer Aldous Huxley observed: “The memory of every man is his own private literature.” 📖

“How lucky we are to have such a treasure of memories.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson

“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.” ~ Salvador Dali

“There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting.” ~ Milan Kundera, Slowness

“Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.” ~ Willa Cather

“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted.” ~ Sylvia Plath

“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.” ~ Jean Baptiste Molière

“Line by line, moment by moment, special times are etched into our memories in the permanent ink of everlasting love in our relationships.” ~ Gloria Gaither

“The mists of nostalgia color memory.” ~ Ken Tucker

“Our memory is a monster; You forget… it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you or hides things from you… and summons to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory, but it has you!” ~ John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” ~ Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

“Memory is a painter. Paintin’s not important. The important thing is keepin’ busy.” ~ Grandma Moses

“There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a memory connected with childhood, with home.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

“What will your children remember? We can change the world inside our own houses. Take the gift of this moment and make something beautiful of it. Few worthwhile experiences just happen; memories are made on purpose.” ~ Gloria Gaither

“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.” ~ Baltasar Gracián

“I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov

“Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Memories of our lives, of our works, and our deeds will continue in others.” ~ Rosa Parks