So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

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.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

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.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and think about how much you read more

Sometimes even though you're having a good time, you can't help but to stop and think about how much you miss the old times.

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.

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

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

I worked so hard for that first kissAnd a heart don’t forget something like thatLike an old photographTime can make read more

I worked so hard for that first kissAnd a heart don’t forget something like thatLike an old photographTime can make a feeling fadeBut the memory of a first loveNever fades away.