"If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood-but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum..."

Memory, Childhood, Writing, Respect

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"'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone."

Thomas More, English Author

Memory, Summer

"If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Memory, Love, Connection, Presence

"I remembered his laugh, like a flock of crows taking off."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Memory, Crows, Sound, Emotion

"Percy'd heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legsand arms used to be. That's how his mindfelt-like his missing memories were aching."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Memory, Truth, Life, Regret, Power

"To forget is to blithely toss aside the hard lessons that were hard won by others before us, thereby needlessly dooming us to endure the hard lessons that are likely to be forgotten by those who will follow us. And it is altogether reasonable that in order to avoid this repetitive trouncing, God graciously granted us memories."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Memory, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"What exactly did you find in Atlanta?Frank unzipped his backpack and started bringing out souvenirs. "Some peach preserves. A couple of T-shirts. A snow globe. And, um, these not-really-Chinese handcuffs.Annabeth forced herself to stay calm. "How about you start from the top-of the story, not the backpack."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Memory, Humor, Truth, Wisdom, Today

"Memory is a few lines snipped from a larger story that we are privileged to tuck away between the pages of our minds."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Memory, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

"He would have liked to know that somebody wanted to keep him alive, that someone remembered him. He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers us."

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Spanish Novelist

Memory, Existence, Remembrance, Love

"Only later, much later, too late, did I understand how small she (Mrs Winterson) was to herself. The baby nobody picked up. The uncarried child still inside her."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Memory, Understanding, Self, Isolation, Past

"Freud, one of the grand masters of narrative, knew that the past is not fixed in the way that linear time suggests. We can return. We can pick up what we dropped. We can mend what others broke. We can talk with the dead."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Memory, Past, Time, Narrative

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"A bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads on the ground..."

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"I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow..."

Beauty, Nature, Snow, Admiration

"The heart aches through nights-the broken places of neglect."

Emotion, Night, Neglect, Pain

"Strands of your hair and tendrils of the wind spin into nothingness the memories of that day..."

Memory, Nature, Wind, Loss

"I recall that day on the beach - the sand so brilliant, the clouds so massive, and the wind punishing your hair..."

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"Everything is gone except traces of you inside me - and the years like the wind are sweeping those away ..."

Memory, Time, Loss, Emotion

"Sorrow binds us - I will always cherish you - my only disillusionment is unspoken words ..."

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"'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone."

"If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains."

"I remembered his laugh, like a flock of crows taking off."

"Percy'd heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legsand arms used to be. That's how his mindfelt-like his missing memories were aching."

"Memory is a few lines snipped from a larger story that we are privileged to tuck away between the pages of our minds."

"He would have liked to know that somebody wanted to keep him alive, that someone remembered him. He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers us."

"Only later, much later, too late, did I understand how small she (Mrs Winterson) was to herself. The baby nobody picked up. The uncarried child still inside her."

"Freud, one of the grand masters of narrative, knew that the past is not fixed in the way that linear time suggests. We can return. We can pick up what we dropped. We can mend what others broke. We can talk with the dead."

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"A bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads on the ground..."

"I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow..."

"The heart aches through nights-the broken places of neglect."

"Strands of your hair and tendrils of the wind spin into nothingness the memories of that day..."

"I recall that day on the beach - the sand so brilliant, the clouds so massive, and the wind punishing your hair..."

"Everything is gone except traces of you inside me - and the years like the wind are sweeping those away ..."

"Your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over..."

"I want to live doubly - first with you and then afterwards in memory ..."

"Everything I treasure is broken - it's of no use to anybody but me..."

"Sorrow binds us - I will always cherish you - my only disillusionment is unspoken words ..."