Elie Wiesel Quotes

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

He who forgets will be destined to remember.

What is not recorded is not remembered.

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

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image.

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

Never forget

Forget whatever should be forgotten, so that you can remember what should be remembered

I don't forget nothing. It's a vault up here.

I don't think you can erase history.

Why are some things remembered and others forgotten? That is the theme I want to pursue about the Second World War.

Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.

The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember.

People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.

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

I watched the way you watch when you know you want to remember.

An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he lives.

Those who cannot condemn the past repeat it in order to remember it.

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

If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?

Not to remember 9/11, is to forget what brought it about.

There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderful to recall.

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.