Marjane Satrapi Quotes

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

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

...forgiving is not the same as forgetting.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

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?

When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with a violin. Begin with the basics. If you forget, you will not forgive at all. You can never forgive people for things you have forgotten about. You need to forgive precisely because you have not forgotten what someone did; your memory keeps the pain alive long after the hurt has stopped. Remembering is the storage of pain. It is why you need to be healed in the first place.

It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should.

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?

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

I will always forgive but I will never forget.

Good to forgive, Best to forget.

It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies.

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

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.

Forgive, but don't forget

Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?

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

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.

The best way to get even is to forget.

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.

Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain.