What is good quote on memory?

Question

I have to write a essay from my graduation, and I'm making the theme memory. We have to use a quote, do you know of any really good memmory quotes I could use or at least one that relates to memory? -thanks

Answer 1

I see in these quotations the theme of a poignant essay.  I hope that you agree.

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."

~ From "The Wonder Years"

"Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us."

~ Oscar Wilde

"To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die."

~ Thomas Campbell

"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

~ J. M. Barrie

"Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age."

~ Lactantius Firmianus

"What we learn with pleasure we never forget."

~ Alfred Mercier

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."

~ Mark Twain

There are many more at the sources listed below.

Answer 2

Memory is the mother of all wisdom. -Aeschylus, Prometheous Bound