Memory

Where the north wind
meets the sea
there's a river
full of memory
Sleep my darling, safe and sound
for in this river, all is found

—Kristen Anderson-Lopez
& Robert Lopez
(via Kacey Musgraves)

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There are places I'll remember
all my life.

Beatles

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Those were the best days of my life.

Bryan Adams

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I’d like to take a trip
down memory lane.

Nas

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I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls

Paul Simon

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These are days you’ll remember.

10,000 Maniacs

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Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.

—Oscar Wilde

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Yesterday is but today’s memory; tomorrow, today’s dream.

—Khalil Gibran

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Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, its lasting perfume.

—Jean de Boufflers

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Sometimes we never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

—Dr. Seuss

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To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.

—Edgar Allan Poe

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The etymology of the word nostalgia is the “ache” (-algia) to “return home” (nostos).

—Thomas P. Kasulis

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It takes but one thought, one second, one moment or positive memory to act as a catalyst for the light to gradually seep in again.

—Fearne Cotton

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As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.

—Norman Wisdom

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We all have our time machines. Some take us back—they’re called memories. Some take us forward—they’re called dreams.

—Jeremy Irons

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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

—Maya Angelou

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These memories can’t wait.

Living Colour

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Please remember,
got to remember.

Jimi Hendrix

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I remember you.

Skid Row

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Poem: The Last Things I’ll Remember

Poem: far memory

Poem: Forgetfulness

Poem: We are the Time

Poem: What the Heart Cannot Forget

Poem: Mystery Farm Road

Poem: “I used to love the run-up to a storm”

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