Memories are the key not to the past…

I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.
–Debbie Reynolds (1932 – 2016)

When memories fade, can one ever really return home?
–Floyd Skloot (b. 1947)

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
–Ugo Betti (1892 – 1953)

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.
–Alex Grey (b. 1953)

I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip.
–Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013)

Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
–H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937)

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
–Corrie ten Boom (1892 – 1983)

No matter where we come from or where we’re going, we’ve all got memories to contend with, and it’s always best not to do this alone!
–Madeleine Peyroux (b. 1974)