Oct. 2, 2024, 7:45 p.m.
In our fast-paced world, it's easy to become engulfed in the hustle and bustle of daily life, often leaving behind the fleeting moments that truly matter. Sometimes, all it takes is a poignant quote to reignite the spark of a cherished memory or to remind us of an invaluable lesson learned. Our collection of 41 unforgettable remember quotes serves as a gentle nudge to pause, reflect, and embrace the powerful tapestry of experiences that shape our lives. Whether you seek inspiration, comfort, or a reminder of resilience, these timeless words offer a moment of introspection and appreciation for the past and present alike. Step into a world where words resonate deeply and memories are forever cherished.
1. “When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.” - Rob Sheffield
2. “Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.” - Janet Fitch
3. “I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world. ” - Leo Tolstoy
4. “In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world, there are always people who love you, and people who need you. Because every person can't go on living alone.” - Ai Yazawa
5. “Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems clear, just as the surface of a pond seems to bend the stick thrust into the water.” - Sherwood Smith
6. “Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of Him] with His remembrance [of them] - verily God (Exalted is He!) has said, 'Remember Me, and I will remember you' - Opening lines from Kitab al-Adhkar wa'l Da'awat of the Ihya ulum ad-Din” - Al-Ghazali
7. “Remember how to breathe, how to live...please!!” - Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実)
8. “Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.” - Mitch Albom
9. “I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.” - Mitch Albom
10. “Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.” - Gregory Maguire
11. “The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.” - Vera Nazarian
12. “Now I'm just like everybody else, and it's so funny, the way monogamy is funny, the waysomeone falling down in the street is funny.I entered a revolving door and emergedas a human being. When you think of meis my face electronically blurred?” - Jeffrey McDaniel
13. “It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be...Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight.I'm old.” - Sophie Kinsella
14. “i want to remember” - Maggie Stiefvater
15. “Prehistory of mankind is way too horrible to be remembered.But if we choose to ignore it, then we'll be doomed to repeat it.” - Toba Beta
16. “What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.” - Cormac McCarthy
17. “Well I won't back downNo I won't back downYou can stand me up at the gates of hellBut I won't back down” - Tom Petty
18. “No longer mourn for me when I am deadthan you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world that I am fled from this vile world with vilest worms to dwell: nay, if you read this line, remember not the hand that writ it, for I love you so, that I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,if thinking on me then should make you woe. O! if, I say, you look upon this verse when I perhaps compounded am with clay, do not so much as my poor name rehearse; but let your love even with my life decay; lest the wise world should look into your moan, and mock you with me after I am gone.” - Shakespeare
19. “Bet you can't even name one romantic movie you like," she teased.She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy.The Empire Strikes Back," Oliver finally declared, tapping his horn at a Prius that wandered over the line.The Empire Strikes Back? The Star Wars movie? That's not romantic!" Schuyler huffed, fiddling with the air conditioner controls.Au contraire, my dear, it's very romantic. The last scene, you know, when they're about to put Han in that freezing cryogenic chamber or whatever? Remember?"Schuyler mmm-hmmmed.And Leia leans over the ledge and says, 'I love you.'"That's cheesy, not romatic," Schuyler argued, although she did like that part.Let me explain. What's romantic is what Han says back. Remember what he says to her? After she says 'I love you'?"Schuyler grinned. Maybe Oliver had a point. "Han says, 'I know.'"Exactly," Oliver tapped the wheel. "He doesn't have to say anything so trite as 'I love you." Because that's already understood. And that's romantic.” - Melissa de la Cruz
20. “Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that someone's about to die.” - John Green
21. “Because the part of me that remembers what it was like all those lifetimes ago still cares for you .. loves you.” - Stacey Jay
22. “Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seatin this distracted globe. Remember thee?” - William Shakespeare
23. “I'm not going to let you go " He was silent for a moment. "Carly " he said gently. "Remember when we were first engaged” - Amanda Stephan
24. “My mouth opened.It happened.Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling.Arms stretched out next to me, I howled, and everything came out of me. Visions pored up my throat and past voices surrounded me. The sky listened. The city didn't. I didn't care. All I cared about was that I was howling so that I could hear my voice and so I would remember that the boy had intensity and something to offer. I howled, oh, so loud and desperate, telling a world that I was here and I wouldn't lie down.” - Markus Zusak
25. “I think that's what we all want, in the end.To know that we left footprints when we passed by, however briefly.We want to be remembered.So remember us.Please.Remember us.” - Mike A. Lancaster
26. “The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. FOUR. Four Aron Franks without museums, without historical markers, without anyone to mourn them. I silently resolved to remember and pray for the four Aron Franks as long as I was around.” - John Green
27. “Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.” - Alysha Speer
28. “Ax-man. Cardboard isn’t one of the major food groups, remember?”-Marco” - Katherine Applegate
29. “My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them.” - Steven Herrick
30. “To remember is to disengage from the present.” - Garth Stein
31. “Oak, granite,Lilies by the road,Remember me?I remember you.Clouds brushingClover hills,Remember me?Sister, child,Grown tall,Remember me?I remember you.” - Gail Carson Levine
32. “We trust nature to know what it is doing, but we are not nearly so kind, understanding and trusting of our own rhythms and cycles. It's ridiculous that we are so hard on ourselves. Can we not trust that the very same forces that created the rhythms and cycles of nature created our own? Of course we can. We often don't, but we can, if we remember.” - Jeffrey R. Anderson
33. “We stood, holding each other's faces, memorising every last detail. I was deperate with my own need to capture this last, lingering moment, desperate to forget the horrible sink at the pit of my stomach telling me all this would be lost forever once they pulled the chip out. Please don't let me forget.” - Heather Anastasiu
34. “I withdrew a small card from the pouch. The front of it was filled with lines of elegant, hand-lettered script. "What does it say?" Dad asked, leaning forward. "The Four Remembers of Life," I read. "Number one: Remember, you are unique. Number two: Remember, there is purpose to your life. Number three: Remember you are free to choose what you are and what you become. And number four: Remember, you are not alone.” - Gerald Lund
35. “You always use that word "remember",' said Milena. 'You say, "remember, team". You never tell us to think.” - Geoff Ryman
36. “To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.” - Marita Golden
37. “Well we have to. We have to remember everything. If we don’t, by the time we grow up it’ll be gone forever.” - Isaac Marion
38. “In the distant future, I don’t want to be remembered; I want to remember!” - Mehmet Murat ildan
39. “Love should never be a secret and it should never, ever be forgotten.” - Suzanne Palmieri
40. “. . . things whose perishing had been arrested by their power to make her love them.” - Denis Johnson
41. “Will you remember this day, Gogol?" his father had asked, turning back to look at him, his hands pressed like earmuffs to either side of his head. "How long do I have to remember it?" Over the rise and fall of the wind, he could hear his father's laughter. He was standing there, waiting for Gogol to catch up, putting out a hand as Gogol drew near. "Try to remember it always," he said once Gogol reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey, that we went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.” - Jhumpa Lahiri