#forgotten

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#injury #insult #much #sooner #than

I think he came to the front door and rang the bell, and Maggie let him in, and he said he had forgotten his key; so I think she must have been down stairs. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

#bell #came #door #down #forgotten

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#also #assume #attention #aware #because

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#cry #emotional #exercise #forgotten #go

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I ever had before. Something was speaking to my unformed-ness like a long lost friend. Something that I had never met but forgotten nonetheless. I was 'realizing' that music was 'different' from other things in life. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#am #before #childhood #dark #different

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

#been #forgotten #learned #survives

I don't set myself targets. Last season I scored hat-trick against Wolfsburg and three days later, that was forgotten, you're about to be judged again. When you've done well, you don't want another game, you just want to feel great. When you've done badly, you can't wait for another chance to come. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#again #against #another #badly #chance

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street. ↗

— Vince Neil

#any #dudes #everybody #forgotten #just

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#always #childhood #fire #flare #forgotten

A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge. ↗

— Tove Jansson

#forgotten-memories #age