I hurt myself today to see if I still feel I focus on the pain the only thing that's real

I hurt myself today to see if I still feel I focus on the pain the only thing that's real

I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision?

How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me to make the decision?

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

She said I bet you don’t remember meAnd I said only every other memory.

She said I bet you don’t remember meAnd I said only every other memory.

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a read more

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a bank account of shared memories. It’s not that you refer to them constantly. In fact, for people who do not live in the past, you almost never say, Do you remember that night we...? But you don’t have to. That is the best of all. You know that the other person does remember. Thus, the past is part of the present as long as the other person lives. It is better than any scrapbook, because you are both living scrapbooks.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.