“ We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. Gloria Gaither Songwriter
“ Memories, important yesterdays, were once todays. Treasure and notice today. Gloria Gaither Songwriter
“ There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving. Gloria Gaither Songwriter
“ If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of their painful pasts. We give the monsters the last word. Lewis B. Smedes Author
“ My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle — may they never give me peace. (New Year's Eve, 1947) Patricia Highsmith Novelist
“ As important as shared memories is the silent agreement that certain things never happened. Robert Breault Musical Artist
“ The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. Milan Kundera Writer
“ Our lives are structured by our memories of events. Event X happened just before the big Paris vacation. I was doing Y in the first summer after I learned to drive. Z happened the weekend after I landed my first job. We remember events by positioning them in time relative to other events. Joshua Foer Journalist
“ A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history. Abram Joseph Ryan Poet