Honore de Balzac Quotes

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

In small letters, someone has written NEVER FORGET on one of the slats. I know it's supposed to be a pledge, but it feels like a curse. Don't we have to forget some of it? Don't we have to forget this feeling? If we don't, how will we live?

You can always forgive, you just can't really forget.

I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But sometimes I cannot. For me, I cannot.

How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

And I will forget her, yes. That which came together will fall apart slowly, but she will forgive my forgetting, just as I forgive her for forgetting me and the Colonel and nothing but herself and her mom in those last moments as she spent as a person.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

How can you forgive if you can’t remember to forget?

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

I am blessed that I quickly forget things.

...forgiving is not the same as forgetting.

Sometimes things are better off forgotten.

Normal people have nothing to forget.

We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

The belief that we can be done with our past is a myth.

Whatever you did in the past is quickly forgotten.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?