Forgetfullness Quotes

“Hinged to forgetfulness like a door,
she slowly closed out of sight,
and she was the woman I loved,
but too many times she slept like
a mechanical deer in my caresses,
and I ached in the metal silence
of her dreams.”
― Richard Brautigan, Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt

“The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“You know what it is to be in love with a woman, you know how it cuts short the days, and with what loving listlessness one drifts into the morrow. You know that forgetfulness of everything which comes of a violent confident, reciprocated love. Every being who is not the beloved one seems a useless being in creation. One regrets having cast scraps of one’s heart to other women, and one can not believe in the possibility of ever pressing another hand than that which one holds between one’s hands.”
― Alexandre Dumas fils, La dame aux camélias

“there's a sickness
worse than the risk of death and that's
forgetting what we should never forget.”
― Mary Oliver, American Primitive

“Beauty speaks to us in moments, and then we forget.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it.”
― Chip Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“It's worse when I use an e-reader because I try to buy books and my e-reader is like, 'You already own that, dumbass.' And I'm like 'Nuh uh!' And then it downloads, and I see that I have highlighted parts of the book that I would totally highlight if it was me. And I read strange notes I've written on the pages.

Some people might find this unsettling. And in some ways it is.

But it's also sort of nice to always have a new book that I discuss with my book club. Who is basically just all of the me's who have read the book before and left weird notes in the edges.

It sounds insane, but my book club is awesome. And possibly the largest group of people I encounter, even if all of them are me's that I've forgotten. They're very entertaining, though, and when I read their notes, I'll cry out, 'YES! I agree so much! I thought it was just me!'

And I guess that makes sense because it is just me?”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken

“Was Arben alive when they brought him here, or had he lapsed into a diabetic coma? When the brain doesn't get enough glucose, or receives too much, it cannot function properly. The symptoms can appear slowly: an altered mental state, an inability to speak, drowsiness, weakness, headaches, restlessness, shaking, an irregular heartbeat, an eventually the loss of consciousness. If left untreated, it results in permanent brain damage and utlmately, death.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child