quotes about Forgetfulness
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We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
-- Alexander Smith -
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.
-- Angela Davis -
I never forgive, but I always forget.
-- Arthur BalfourSource : In R. Blake Conservative Party (1970) ch. 7
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Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.
-- Arthur Helps -
Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.
-- Bayazid Bastami -
Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥
-- Everett Ruess -
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We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness.
-- Katherine DunnSource : Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.150, Vintage
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As far as I'm concerned it's the other way round. We repeat what we remember. Only forgetfulness sets us free.
-- Margot Livesey -
Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness,
-- Mia CoutoSource : "Neustadt Prize Winner Reflects On The Civil War That Shaped Him". Interview with Sarah Hurd and Suzette Grillot, kgou.org. November 14, 2014.
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Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.
-- Plutarch -
It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
-- Publilius Syrus -
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
-- Sophocles -
And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.
-- Thomas a Kempis -
Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.
-- Romare Bearden -