"I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed."

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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

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"...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

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"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

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

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

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"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

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"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

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

Imogen Cunningham, American Photographer

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"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

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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."

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

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"To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style."

"Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there's always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her."

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

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"I don't know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now to know it."

"Because there is nothing here than invites us to cherish unhappy lovers. Nothing is more vain than to die for love. What we ought to do is live."

"I know of only one duty, and that is to love."

"I know myself too well to believe in pure virtue."

"I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice."

"Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult."