Quotes about Recollection

To us, recollection is a holy act; we sanctify the present by remembering the past. To us Jews, the essence of faith is memory. To believe is to remember.

I ca'n't remember things before they happen.' 'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events

If ever they remembered their life in this world it was as one remembers a dream.

He was paying some tribute to things unforgotten.

They had forgotten — as people inevitably forget

Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything that was ever known.

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it.

Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.

He could close his eyes and recall the shouts of the crowds. So that is what they hope, he thought. And he remembered what the old Reverend Mother had said: Kwisatz Haderach. The memories touched his feelings of terrible purpose, shading this strange world

If you've ever been there, you've never forgotten. The feeling is as haunting and familiar as the smell of a junior high school locker room.

The true art of memory, is the art of attention