Arundhati Roy Quotes

The act of memory is an act of ghostwriting.

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

Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

I don't really remember a lot of my childhood.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

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

What sticks to memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end.

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

A bad memory is the mother of invention.

Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.

There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.

To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember

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

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

The strands are all there; to the memory nothing is ever lost.

Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail.

Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind snow, should numb and cover them. But they were a part of me. They were my landscape.

It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area.

The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.

Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about that game, but I don't remember when it happened last.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

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

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