"Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features."

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Source : "Remembering and Imagining the Holocaust: The Chain of Memory". Book by Christopher Bigsby, 2006.

Primo Levi

#Memories Quotes #Lying Quotes #Years Quotes

“If you donâ€™t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.”
“Life is so simple, really. Think through what people want, watch what others fail to give them, and provide it. Then bill'em.”
“Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.”
“...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2010). “We Need To Talk About Kevin”, p.167, Profile Books
“I ran away for a couple years just to prove I've hever been free.”
“Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold? The tree says to the leaf: "Thatâ€™s the cycle of life. You may think youâ€™re going to die, but you live on in me. Itâ€™s thanks to you that Iâ€™m alive, because I can breathe. Itâ€™s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing.”
“Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.”
“But times do change and move continually.”

Source : Edmund Spenser (1758). “THE FAERIE QUEENE.”, p.456

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