“Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.”

“There's no consciousness without senses and memories.”

“Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.”

“It is true that all authors have tried to make propaganda. The great ones are those who failed, who have gained access, consciously or not, to a deeper and more universal reality.”

“...our memory is enhanced by the emotion attending the event. The more intense the feelings the more accessible to the memory is the event. Few of us live lives so emotionally charged that we can truly, accurately retrieve all of it. ...Often only our crisis events are preserved with strong emotions. For our own survival we can't forget them, and then we too easily forget the good stuff.”

“Recurrent memories of Henry Schoonmaker were the most exciting thing to happen in her conscious mind these days.”