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Remembrance quotes

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“All grown-ups were once children—although few of them remember it.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince” - 1943

“If you remember me, then I don't care if everybody else forgets.” Haruki Murakami, “Kafka on the Shore” - 2002

“Long brooding over those lost pleasures exaggerates their charm and sweetness.” William Makepeace Thackeray, “Vanity Fair” - 1847

“And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.” John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars” - 2012

“We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign—and no memories.” Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness” - 1899

“It is again a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but remembering and recalling them.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, “On Old Age” - 44 BC

“Either I forget immediately or I never forget.” Samuel Beckett, “Waiting for Godot” - 1953

“I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.” Jean-Paul Sartre, “Nausea” - 1938

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