I don't care why you came into my life, only that you did. I don't remember all the things I did wrong, I remember what I did right. I remember you. You made my life meaningful. You made my life special.
—Becca Fitzpatrick in Crescendo
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
—William Faulkner
Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable way to deal with it, as long as both people agree never to bring it up again.
—Kim Harrison in and the Undead
And I knew I would remember this night, in the same misty way I'd remembered all the good things, as a time when things were as perfect as they could be.
—Sarah Dessen in That Summer
Sometimes the past needed to stay buried; it was the only way you could move on. And sometimes you had to dig it up, because that too was the only way.
—Ann Aguirre in Hell Fire
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
—James Huneker
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
—Garrison Keillor
I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
—George Burns
Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part you have to let go, yeah, but still something that's made you who you are.
—Richelle Mead in Spirit Bound
Things change, people change, but that doesn't mean you should forget the past.
—Gail Carson Levine in Ella Enchanted
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
—Garrison Keillor
It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth.
—Jennifer Echols in Such a Rush
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
—Pablo Picasso
I remember who you are. Even if you forget.
—Kristen Simmons
It was nice to be memorable, even in a somewhat embarrassing way.
—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride