“Who are we without our memories?”
“What are we, after all, without our memories … without our dreams?”
“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing.”
“Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?”
“To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation.”
“Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle”