“Your memory is a monster;
you forget —
it doesn’t.
It simply files things away.
It keeps things for you,
or hides things from you —
and summons them to your recall
with will of its own.
You think you have a memory;
but it has you.”
~ John Irving
Image Source: Stephanie Carter. Quote: Pulpinsidefiction
True isn’t it?!
Happy Thursday, David! 🙂
Hi Marina. So true! Happy Thursday to you too…
i forget this sometimes. thanks for reminding me.
My pleasure. 🙂
when you think about it–it is really true–sometimes awfully, sometimes delightfully
Exactly.
History is part-fiction – based upon the perceptions of individual memory and shaded by perception. It’s scary to think of memory as a controlling monster holding us captive and determining what we can and can’t recall. And yet, I suppose there is truth this. May my memory be a benevolent ogre.
A benevolent ogre. Love THAT.
So true, I’ve always thought of mt memory as a filing system. Some files are easier to retrieve than others and take a little longer to find. Others are simply misplaced or completely lost!
And more frequently, lost. 🙂
So very true!
It is Yvonne…
I prefer to think of my memory as a ‘benevolent dictator,’ oftentimes rubbing away the rough edges so that I remember only the best parts of an experience, for instance how doggone cute Beau was as a puppy, rather than what a damned nightmare it was to housebreak him (ooooops, guess that edge is still a little {ahem} rougher than I realized…. 😉 But I digress….
I do think memory is a ‘sticky wicket,’ and it can sneak up on you at the darndest times, but still…
“Sticky wicket” that’s it!
forget about the stupid picky details that are stuck in my brain forever. it’s the emotions that get tossed all over the place because of some sneaky tidbit of a memory
And the roller coaster they take us on…
Next to memories, reality is my favorite fantasy! Love this David 🙂
Smiling. Here’s a hat tip to Reality Debra.
🙂
Yeah, my memory is a monster sometimes too! 🙂
You too!?
Very true and especially with bad memories – sigh.
Yes Julie. Especially…