#remembering

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. ↗

— Joshua Foer

#remembering #visual #art

I seemed to be upon the verge of comprehension, without the power to comprehend as men, at time, find themselves upon the brink of rememberance, without being able, in the end, to remember. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#men

When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and the memory fades. Not all dreams are significant or worth remembering. But the ones that are . . . happen again. So, wait for the dream to return. And never be afraid. Instead, consider it an opportunity to learn something profound and possibly wondrous about yourself. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#dreaming #dreams #interpretation #remembering #dreams

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

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

I have to live if I want to be remembered. ↗

— Suzanne Young

#living #remembering #remembrance #beauty

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#free #horse #kicks #remembering #stares

Flower was a good metaphor for growth. The song is obviously about sexual responsibility, so that was the main metaphor. Also, it's like knowing who someone has been and remembering and appreciating that, but really appreciating what they are now even more. ↗

— Jody Watley

#also #appreciating #been #even #flower

I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am! ↗

— Judith Guest

#back #bring #center #forgetting #i

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#life #remembering #worth