#memo

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#him #how #i #little #man

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#dissect #else #figured #gender #going

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#authority #discussion #his #memory #rather

When your entire brain is active, that means you are taking everything in through all sense perception. Your entire memory bank and your instincts are in play, so you make much quicker and more intelligent choices. ↗

— Martha Beck

#bank #brain #choices #entire #everything

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#america #before #celebrate #chance #day

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#any #bad #chronicle #day #days

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#door #everybody #his #insignificance #keep

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#chaos #chaotic #collector #every #memories

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#else #falls #famous #knowing #known

Happiness is good health and a bad memory. ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

#good #good health #happiness #health #memory