Selective Memory Quotes

“Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves”
― Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

“...the fact that there’s a lot you have to blank out if you want to get through life...”
― Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport

“The air fizzed. I remember telling this to Annie once, and Ellis couldn’t remember a bloody thing. He’s so disappointing at times. Couldn’t remember the fishing boats, or Francoise Hardy, or how warm the evening was, and how the air fizzed -
Fizzed? he said.
Yes, I said. Fizzed with possibly or maybe excitement. I said to him that just because you can’t remember doesn’t mean the past isn’t out there. All those precious moments are still there somewhere.
I think he’s embarrassed by the word precious, said Annie.
Maybe, I said, looking at him.”
― Sarah Winman, Tin Man

“Memories are not always the best measure of things.”
― Amy Neftzger, The Orchard of Hope

“Life isn't memorable enough to remember everything. It's not like there are explosions all the time, or dog smoking cigarettes.”
― Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

“She wonders if memory is little more than this: a series of erasure and perfected selections.”
― Cristina García, The Agüero Sisters

“I block certain things out. Everyone does. It’s healthy.”
― Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room