“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”—Michel de Montaigne, February 28,1533–September 13, 1592”
“HOLLOW-TOOTH SYNDROME: Compulsion to torture oneself mentally, based on the fact that nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ”
“Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it”
“The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting.”
“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.”