{"quotes":[{"text":"We measure time through a mental framework trussed with two major stakes: memory and expectation. Memory is that spottiness that takes place behind the eyes: memory takes place in the cloistered theater that houses diffused still pictures. We file mental pictures that encapsulate our prior life into mental shelves for a wayward librarian to cull through and forward select recollection to the recall center whenever summoned. Expectations arise from thoughtful consideration of our future prospects in life.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["expectation","expectations","hope","hopeful","hopeful","human-consciousness","memory","recollection","recollections","time","time"],"id":1304,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.","author":"Lisa Unger","tags":["memory","recollection"],"id":36467,"author_id":"Lisa+Unger"},{"text":"Retrospect: the sweetener of life.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["afterthought","hindsight","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","life","quote","recollection","remember","reminisce","retrospect","retrospection","sweetener"],"id":46316,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Our essential humanity is dependent upon humankind’s ability to join the past and the future with the present. Recollections and future projections grant us the ability to cogitate, analyze, and evaluate. Contrasting memories enable us to ascertain what is true and false, and determine what is charming, attractive, stunning, or sublime. Remembrance of the past serves to comfort us, awareness of the future offers us hope, while our dutiful engagement in the present is capable of arresting our complete attention.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["awareness","awareness","future","hope","hope","memories","memories","memory","past","past-and-future","past-and-present","recollection","recollections","remembrance"],"id":62612,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.","author":"Publilius Syrus","tags":["bare","recollection "],"id":62742,"author_id":"Publilius+Syrus"},{"text":"Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed.","author":"Arthur Rimbaud","tags":["memory","recollection","youth"],"id":62846,"author_id":"Arthur+Rimbaud"},{"text":"...And Věra said that every time we reached the page which described the snow falling through the branches of the trees, soon to shroud the entire forest floor, I would look up at her and ask: But if it's all white, how do the squirrels know where they've buried their hoard?... Those were your very words, the question which constantly troubled you. How indeed do the squirrels know, what do we know ourselves, how do we remember, and what it is we find in the end?","author":"W.G. Sebald","tags":["history","memory","recollection","time"],"id":68511,"author_id":"W.G.+Sebald"},{"text":"Our most potent memories include the taste and smells of foods we enjoyed as a child in part because it reminds us of who fed us a meal.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["food","food","meal","memories","memory","recollection","taste","tasting"],"id":84193,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Its really hard to recall the day you became friends with special people.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["care","caring","cash","charm","departure","flashback","forget","forgetful","forgetfulness","forgotten","friend","friends","friendship","friendships","gift","history","loving-someone","memorable","memories","memory","money","people","present","recollection","remembrance","reminiscence","sacrifice","selfless","selflessness","significance","somebody","special-people","specirity","thought","unique"],"id":89248,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Without the mellifluous notes of memory, there would be no songs to sing, no ballads dedicated to past afflictions or affections, and no church hymns celebrating the trials and tribulations of saints, martyrs, and holy deities. Without respect for memories for days gone by, we would lack impetuses to write poems or produce literature reflecting the bitter hardships and ineffable joys of human life. Without a reference to the past serving as an ethical compass pointing the way forward, we would be oblivious to the inequities committed by foes and the glorious deeds performed by our ancestors; we would lack the essential evenhandedness required of every caretaker; and we would be poor stewards of this planet. The loss of memory severs us at the stem from one another. Without the bond of shared memories, we would each remain forever unconnected to our brothers and sisters. Without the twigs of memory, we would lead a life as dry and disjointed as withered leaves scattered by a cruel wind.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["memories","memories","memory","memory","recollection","remberance-of","remembrance"],"id":101514,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}