Cormac McCarthy Quotes

Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.

For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.

Estragon: I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.

We have to remember everything. If we don't, by the time we grow up it'll be gone forever.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.

I have a great memory.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.

I can remember weird things from way back, but not what I had for breakfast.

I feel that there is no such thing as ultimate forgetting; traces once impressed upon the memory are indestructible.

He who forgets will be destined to remember.

Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.

Short term memory is not good.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them.

People do not connect with what happened last week, let alone what happened 20 years ago.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.

The mistakes you made you tend to conveniently forget

Frankly, it is very hard to remember things from the 1970s.