Question about specific quote that is bugging me?

Question

It is something along the lines of this: "We remember what we choose to forget."

Can anyone help me on this one?

Answer 1

To me it means that there is something so bad you experienced or saw, or you are feeling so guilty about, that it stands out in your memory, not able to erase.

Answer 2

When you try to forget something is when you can't. when you tell yourself to not think of something you're actually making the memory of WHAT it is you're trying not to remember, thus making it a memory.

make sense?

Answer 3

Is this the quote you are looking for:

"what's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget"