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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

"...many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. I remember a man in Salinas who in his middle years traveled to Honolulu and back, and that journey continued for the rest of his life. We could watch him in his rocking chair on his front porch, his eyes squinted, half-closed, endlessly traveling to Honolulu."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Memory, Travel, Time, Space

"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

"Nothing's ever gone. We fool ourselves that things fade, but they never do."

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

Memory, Persistence, Loss, Truth

"I gave up hoping...But, still, I would think of him, I would cherish his image in my mind, and treasure every word, look and gesture that memory could retain."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Memory, Cherish, Emotion, Love

"The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

Memory, Choice, Adventure, Risk, Emotion

"When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back."

Imogen Cunningham, American Photographer

Memory, Names

"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

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"When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government."

Government

"The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible."

People

"To remain young one must change."

Change

"More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion."

Religion

"Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death."

Love

"People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction."

Leadership

"Memory is the thing you forget with."

Memory